Harassing a doctoral student reading in public. I just saw a clip on the news that they arrested the burglar *victim*, who is black. It’s crazy and the horror continues of —well what else can we call it —human rights abuses primarily against blacks in America engaged in personal acts like jogging, dog walking, being a victim of crime, and now reading. (That’s not a complete list of course.) But the dignity of presentation that Fredrick Douglass projected inspired many then and millions since. The indignities thrusted on black Americans remain unacceptable as always. What can be done?