Weaponized whiteness
3 min readAug 8, 2022
You follow her as she searches for the perfect Mother’s Day gift, and grimace your saccharin smile. May I help you? becomes a threat, a how dare you enter this domain, a who do you think you are?
I watch as she shifts uncomfortably, aware of eyes that track her dark hands like radar as she reaches for her phone, a tissue, her pride.