Being at the top of field, and being a reknowned scholar world wide does not make a difference if you are Black, even in post-racial America! Henry Louis Gates, yes the professor at Harvard, was arrested last Thurday night for being in his own house and being angry that the police harrassed him even after he proved who he was and that he owned the house. Apparently, he had problems getting into his house, probably struggling with his keys (as we all have done), and someone had called the police about a prowler. The police came and Dr. Gates are undertandably upset at being harrassed and put into the back of a police car for no reason. When he mad his setniments abundantly clear, accusing the officers of racism, they arrested him for "disorderly conduct". My mouth is hanging open! Grant it the charges were dropped today, but that is besides the point. If this could happen to someone like him, it could happen to anyone of us, especially if you are Black.
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