I used to think people wanted to rent to me bc they liked me (I'm outgoing!). Then I took fair housing class and we did secret paired testing of houses, and every single place treated me better than my Black teammate.
If you ever wonder where we're at on the dystopia scale, consider that it's normal to believe the government is spying on you, and crazy to believe that they're not.
it's always "is looting a good look for the black community?"
and never "was 400 years of capture, enslavement, family separation, housing/employment discrimination, and state-sanctioned murder a good look for the white community?"
One of most incredible examples of animal camouflage I've seen: the dead leaf butterfly of Tropical Asia. When a bird or other predator gets too close, the dead leaf closes its wings, rendering itself virtually invisible to the would-be killer. gfycat.com/enchantingeven…