High school senior Michael Blackson once lamented the 'abyss' of unknowns because of the coronavirus. But voting for the first time and protesting in front of the White House have energized him. This week, he'll graduate and turn toward college. wamu885
back in March. He had hardly left his apartment since the pandemic started — doing school work online on Google Classroom, playing Playstation 4, bored and waiting for graduation. So, it was a big deal to suddenly be downtown surrounded by a crowd — history in the making.One of the friends Michael was with got pepper-sprayed.
I asked Michael about the context — did his friend do anything to provoke it? But Michael took issue with my question. He said there was an assumption hidden within it. Michael said when he saw the video of George Floyd's killing it made him sick to his stomach. But he wasn't exactly surprised. He's spent almost 18 years as a black male in America. He said when he's in whiter parts of D.C., he can feel people's uneasiness — they will even cross the street.Courtesy of/Michael Blackson
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