# I am exhausted and want you to know why - Adversus - Medium

<https://medium.com/adversus/i-am-exhausted-and-want-you-to-know-why-961f0932c742>

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## What Jamie wrote

I appreciated Lints writing this and I hope that many more share perspective like this.

> On another occasion (in 2018), I was attending a Kauffman Fellows module in Palo Alto. A few classmates and I decided to rent an Airbnb a few minutes from the Kauffman venue. I flew in from Singapore that day and arrived late at our Airbnb. My classmates were out that evening, so I parked my suitcases outside and proceeded to enter the house. Within 5–6 minutes, a police car pulled up with the lights shining in my face. Knowing the reality of police brutality in the US, I immediately felt fear and anxiety. The police officers asked what I was doing here. It seems they received a disturbing call from one of the neighbors who saw a black man walking in the neighborhood. After I explained the situation and showed proof I rented the Airbnb and texted the hostess, they left.

Reading stories like this reminds me of reading many of the things coming out of the #MeToo movement. I read many of those and was shocked and disturbed that there were men out there doing the things described. It was a wake up call. This feels similar. There are folks calling the police in this situation? We need to raise the visibility so that we can change and improve.

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