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Unread 01-28-2023, 04:21 PM
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As Lieutenant Columbo used to say, "Just one more thing."

When I read these remarks about "self-identifying," I have to smile sadly, trying to imagine the luxury and privilege of it. Because you see, that is not an option I have when I take a simple walk through my white suburban neighborhood and some anonymous caller identifies me as an Indian to police officers who then trail me past the park in their squad cars, follow me up my own driveway in my own front yard into my own garage and my own door, questioning me with a shake of their heads, in disbelief repeating, "You live here? You LIVE here?"

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