I was leaving a beauty supply store dressed in regular, fully clothed jeans and an Oxford shirt when a white dude driving in his car yelled, “Hhow much for a BJ?” I am a Christian and practicing abstinence with a degree from an HBCU. I’m a missionary and basically a nun and may never even have sex. I didn’t know being brown automatically made me a whore or a prostitute…We were in a suburban well income neighborhood. Not that that matters. I am adult who lives at home.
Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?
Well it should be illegal to harass someone and hurl pornographic words at someone minding their own business. But I can’t see how that can happen. We need to have an awareness that the color of my skin does not make me a prostitute or welcome cat calls/harassment.
– AP
Location: I was walking home from the store from Maryland
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