Keeping score, we have documented proof that the following are legal offenses:
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Driving while Black.
Walking while Black.
Going home while Black.
Sitting while Black.
Losing your keys while Black.
Being near a White Person while Black.
Now, after Daniele Watts — a young actress who made her film debut in Django Unchained — was recently arrested by LAPD after being mistaken for a prostitute after being seen kissing her (White) boyfriend, we have proof “Kissing while Black” is now apparently illegal as well.
I wonder how much farther down this post-racial rabbithole we’re going to go. Perhaps someone should buy some yarn today — while Black, of course — and test if “Crocheting while Black” is a crime as well.
(1:30 edit: The recent news that Watts and her husband might have been having sex in a targeted area definitely does put a new spin on things. As everyone knows, the best place to have car sex with your significant other is in a Target parking lot at night, not the middle of the day. Still, though, I want someone to test out if “crocheting while Black” will get you jammed up too.)