How many people here would have said the same thing a few years ago before the issue became more mainstream?
Interactions depend just as much on the cop(s) in question (and the bad interactions seem to depend more on the cop) as the person but the statement from the article is basically true at face value. It's always been true. That said, NYT wouldn't have said this a few years back because it wasn't a fashionable issue for folks in ivory towers acknowledged (or at least not enough of them for NYT to feel comfortable mentioning it casually) and NYT obviously does not want to rock the boat too hard among that crowd. Now that it is acceptable I can't say I mind seeing it stated so bluntly.
How many people here would have said the same thing a few years ago before the issue became more mainstream?
Interactions depend just as much on the cop(s) in question (and the bad interactions seem to depend more on the cop) as the person but the statement from the article is basically true at face value. It's always been true. That said, NYT wouldn't have said this a few years back because it wasn't a fashionable issue for folks in ivory towers acknowledged (or at least not enough of them for NYT to feel comfortable mentioning it casually) and NYT obviously does not want to rock the boat too hard among that crowd. Now that it is acceptable I can't say I mind seeing it stated so bluntly.