'My family was sight-seeing in Minneapolis. Then someone called the cops,' People's Janine Rubenstein shares in this week's issue
Janine Rubenstein
So naturally, he’s who I asked to join my mom, me, my husband and our 5-year-old son on an RV trek from New Jersey to California last week. It was supposed to be a sight-seeing trip, a way to escape the monotony of sheltering in place while still practicing social distancing. We were nervous, for all the reasons a black family might be about setting out across a nation that bristles with racial injustice. Still, we ventured anyway.
We’d done nothing wrong, but my mother and I still panicked. She told everyone to hop back into the RV so we could leave. I grabbed my camera, ready to record anything that transpired. My husband stood still, his eyes trained on the cop car as Trevor shot his hands into the air, fingers spread, palms facing out. These are actions a white family might never consider, but they are often instinctual when you are black.
It’s a question being asked around the world right now, but one that, for centuries, has been on repeat in the minds of black Americans. I’ve often shared the sentiment that [insert name of any unarmed black man killed by law enforcement] could have been my brother. With George Floyd’s futile pleas still ringing in my ears, I ache for his loved ones—and shudder at the thought of how for any black family, including mine, their safety depends on which officer shows up at the scene.
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