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Police responding to a shooting found Sanchez-McCray’s body in the early morning, according to early media reports, which misgendered her. Officers entered a home with an “unsecured door” and found Sanchez-McCray, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene.
Damn, almost seems targeted
As a person of color, I make it a point to avoid the south altogether. But Virginia's not even that far south, it's practically DC area (which I view as the border on the east coast).
I actually have a major life goal to that effect, "live my entire life without being stabbed or shot". This is partly because I don't want to be stabbed or shot, but also partly because I feel it's an indicative event, that if my life has led to a point where stabbing is a serious concern, I have already made some poor choices. In my efforts to achieve this goal, there are now a lot of places on my no-go list.
I could probably consolidate the list by saying "any place where my ethnicity or spoken language would cause people to instantly distrust me, or where violence is widespread or indiscriminate", but truth be told, that's most of the world.
I also try to avoid bars & pubs.
Since you are a POC, you might just want to avoid East Asia and SE Asia, if you are trying to avoid racism. But even with the racism, you are highly unlikely to get attacked/injured/killed because of the POC issue. Far less likely than probably anyplace in the USA. These places are incredibly safe for all regardless of skin color.
why mexico?
Drug cartels seem to have more power than authorities. For a while they were blatantly killing political candidates they didn't like (and beheading them if I remember correctly...), that shit is scary.
It is, I'm betting actual fucking money and organs that it is
The right has been dreaming of this shit for fucking YEARS. They DREAM of murdering minorities, and with Trump in the seat, they WILL NOT GET PUNISHED
Tragic, but TIL that women can also be drag queens. RIP.
I don't know that this is a "but" situation It's still tragic even when you've learned something.
It's a "but" situation because I learned something, which is good, but it was from finding out about a tragic event, which is bad.
I kind of feel like we're in the Simpsons Frogurt Sketch.
Yes, that played in my head as I wrote the comment!
Can I go now?
R.I.P.
Fuck.