I asked if he gets flagged by TSA. “Not usually,” he said.7 “I have Global Entry.” “So do I,” I said, “but I still get stopped.” The “randomness” of racial profiling is a phenomenon I could talk about forever, but I stopped myself that day. “Are you able to move in and out of public spaces without being questioned as to why you are there?” I asked. “Do people rush forward asking how they can help you?” I knew the answer to my questions, but I asked them anyway, because I wanted to slow down a dynamic he benefited from. He said he saw my point. I wanted to say, “It’s not my point, it’s our
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