Virginia also loved the blue and green. She loved being in nature and camping and hiking. But going camping, I did feel danger. It’s not something most black people would want to be doing. First of all, it’s a luxury. But second, once you leave the city, anything can happen. It doesn’t matter what state you’re in if it’s still in America. A lot of racists live out of the city, even in California. Skinheads, KKK members, survivalists. That’s why on the West Coast black people say, “If you want to stay alive, stay on the I-5.” That’s why when I went camping I never saw another black person. In
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