> “Walking while Black” laws, first created in California in 1925 as a safety measure and lobbied by the automobile industry, are controversial due to racist enforcement and because they shame pedestrians while giving more protections to cars on the road
@BigAngBlack@blackmastodon@BlackMastodon I live in a cluster of predominantly white towns (the Monterey Peninsula) and believe you me, most of the people jaywalking in this tourist-heavy microcosm are NOT people of color.