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Life is a preposterous horror.

Money speaks for money, the devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.

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Canadian-American journalist Sam Forster spent two weeks pretending to be Black to attempt a racial experiment no one asked for. But he is not the first white journalist to try this, and to end up reinforcing stereotypes and failing to address systemic .
“To believe that the richness of Black identity can be understood through a temporary costume trivializes the lifelong trauma of racism. It turns the complexity of Black life into a stunt.”
https://theconversation.com/theres-a-strange-history-of-white-journalists-trying-to-better-understand-the-black-experience-by-becoming-black-231577
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@TheConversationUS @blackmastodon If only there were black people around you could just go up to and ask, if you wanted. Or, even better, just wait around for one of them to volunteer about what they are going through.

Which they do.

All the time.

Because it keeps happening.

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