Police officers treat Black and white men differently. You can hear it in their tone of voice

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17. I was always aware I had privilege

being an attractive white female. Now that I’m a Senior and my looks are in the rear view mirror, I’m invisible but still white, so remain privileged albeit at a different level.

Many decades ago, I was near the Austria/Hungary border and wanted to fill up with cheaper gas on the Hungarian side. Had waited to do that at the last station but alas they had just closed. Two guys were preparing to leave the locked-down place but after a bit of flirting ended up opening the place back up just so I could fill the tank.

Afterwards I recall asking the friend I was traveling with as we drove away: “What are we going to do when we get old and nobody opens up gas stations for us anymore?” We were in our mid to late 20’s.

Thanks for posting that. It’s definitely what I experienced throughout my life, though I never realized how easy it would have been to turn passers-by into accomplices to commit crimes in public! That’s remarkable.