One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays

by Scaachi Koul

And so her life would be (and is) different than mine, because her race is a footnote instead of the title.

I’m not white, no, but I’m just close enough that I could be, and just far enough that you know I’m not. I can check off a diversity box for you and I don’t make you nervous—at least not on the surface. I’m the whole package!

But men who rape are men who watch for the signs of who they believe they can rape. Rape culture isn’t a natural occurrence; it thrives thanks to the dedicated attention given to women in order to take away their security.