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Seeing black men being framed for things
that they didn't do, and then,
not knowing me at the time,
not really knowing how
to represent myself,
and not knowing how to
accurately describe my injuries,
it was hard for me to do,
especially meeting a new doctor,
and if I had a female nurse.
And it still is sometimes.
Even to this day,
it's still hard to show
them all of my scars
and things because they
are so high up on my legs.
But, back then, I was really afraid
of being framed for
something that I didn't do,
especially having this
dad from South Carolina,
who thinks that all these white
people are out to get him.
So, when I was a kid,
that's all he used to say.
"Junior, this is the way
you're supposed to act
around white people and
do this and do this.
And don't say the wrong thing
and always show respect."
He almost had like a slave mentality
coming from South Carolina.
And I'm like, "Dad, it's
not like that anymore."
But, in the back of my mind,
I was always afraid of that.