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A Mother Should Not Be Ignored

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  • January 23, 2020
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"When I was 12, my mother told me that I was forbidden from wearing the hood up on my sweatshirts. It was 1996 and my sister and I had just immigrated from St. Lucia to the U.S. to join our mother in Harlem. At the time, she was working as a nanny for a family that lived on the Upper East Side while she went to school part-time to earn an associate’s degree. Hyper-aware of racism and her children’s safety, she wanted my sister and me to appear as non-threatening as possible. We were not allowed to wear hoods as my mother feared it would make others nervous. We had to take our hands out of our pockets before entering any store, so nobody thought we were trying to steal. Even when it was cold out, we weren’t allowed to put our hands in our pockets because someone could think we were holding a weapon. So much of what we learned was to ensure that others around us were comfortable with our existence, even if it made us feel uncomfortable. We couldn’t let anyone assume the worst and call the cops or harm us themselves. Of course, tragically my mother’s fears turned out to be founded, both in 1999 when 23-year-old Amadou Diallo was shot 41 times, his hand emerging from his pocket holding nothing but his wallet, and in 2012 when 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered after being thought too suspicious for merely wearing a hoodie. Botham Jean’s killing in 2018 was especially surreal for me — we were both born on the same day on the same island. It felt like the only difference between us was that he ended up in Dallas and I in New York City. The cop who killed Botham entered into his apartment thinking it was her own. The situations could have easily been reversed, and that could have been me." 14 0
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Merry Christmas from this little guy (whom you all will meet in the New Year) and our team at Wakonté. May your season be one of joy, peace, hope and wonder. 🥂 #merrychristmas 18 0
"Man About Country". 23 2
This Ghanaian entrepreneur transforms plastic waste into colorful and vibrant footwear using a proprietary plastic to leather innovation. 22 2
"When I was 12, my mother told me that I was forbidden from wearing the hood up on my sweatshirts. It was 1996 and my sister and I had just immigrated from St. Lucia to the U.S. to join our mother in Harlem. At the time, she was working as a nanny for a family that lived on the Upper East Side while she went to school part-time to earn an associate’s degree. Hyper-aware of racism and her children’s safety, she wanted my sister and me to appear as non-threatening as possible. We were not allowed to wear hoods as my mother feared it would make others nervous. We had to take our hands out of our pockets before entering any store, so nobody thought we were trying to steal. Even when it was cold out, we weren’t allowed to put our hands in our pockets because someone could think we were holding a weapon. So much of what we learned was to ensure that others around us were comfortable with our existence, even if it made us feel uncomfortable. We couldn’t let anyone assume the worst and call the cops or harm us themselves. Of course, tragically my mother’s fears turned out to be founded, both in 1999 when 23-year-old Amadou Diallo was shot 41 times, his hand emerging from his pocket holding nothing but his wallet, and in 2012 when 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was murdered after being thought too suspicious for merely wearing a hoodie. Botham Jean’s killing in 2018 was especially surreal for me — we were both born on the same day on the same island. It felt like the only difference between us was that he ended up in Dallas and I in New York City. The cop who killed Botham entered into his apartment thinking it was her own. The situations could have easily been reversed, and that could have been me." 14 0
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