This reminds me of a time when a black dude knocked on my door to tell me he was going to climb over from near my balcony to some surface above to get something his kid had gotten stuck there. I had a “ok why are you telling me this?” Look on my face. So he followed with “I’m telling you so you don’t call the cops because a black guy is climbing near your balcony”. I was puzzled. He gave me a “you sweet summer child look” and left.

I think about that person frequently. How ingrained is the racist reality in your mind that the first thing you do is to tell people before you do it? Sucks.