Skin In The Game

I travel a lot.  On one of my recent trips, I found myself with a little time.  Watched what appeared to be a hardworking (strong, calloused hands) black man in tan overalls and a hoodie waiting for his ride to pick him up.  The looks he received, even the stares.  The cops who came to ask questions. 

There is a lot that an African-American male, especially one of the poor working class, typically has to go through.  Things that we with the melanin-deficient skin rarely consider.  Like consider what an assault on one’s psyche that must be…