Scarborough
Hernandez, Catherine
2017
Arsenal Pulp Press
English
“If you were to ask me for the exact details of the first time I was told cops are not to be trusted, to be truthful, I wouldn’t even remember. It’s like having a memory of when you first tie a shoe by yourself. The event was so long ago. And I was told by so many, and trained by so many to protect myself, that the act of stiffening in the presence of hatred toward Black men became, and still is, as routine as putting on a shoe. Rabbit ears through the loop. Pull the lace.”
Hernandez, Catherine
2017
Arsenal Pulp Press
English
“If you were to ask me for the exact details of the first time I was told cops are not to be trusted, to be truthful, I wouldn’t even remember. It’s like having a memory of when you first tie a shoe by yourself. The event was so long ago. And I was told by so many, and trained by so many to protect myself, that the act of stiffening in the presence of hatred toward Black men became, and still is, as routine as putting on a shoe. Rabbit ears through the loop. Pull the lace.”
Hernandez, Catherine
2017
Arsenal Pulp Press
English
“If you were to ask me for the exact details of the first time I was told cops are not to be trusted, to be truthful, I wouldn’t even remember. It’s like having a memory of when you first tie a shoe by yourself. The event was so long ago. And I was told by so many, and trained by so many to protect myself, that the act of stiffening in the presence of hatred toward Black men became, and still is, as routine as putting on a shoe. Rabbit ears through the loop. Pull the lace.”