Richard Torres' "The Hoodie"

New England Patriots' coach
Bill Belichick in his hoodie.

My close friend Richard Torres recently published a piece in firstofthemonth.org called The Hoodie. It's a well crafted, thoughtful article about what's going on in today's Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. By all means read Torres' story as soon as possible: reality is always worth your time. (A companion text could be Baratunde Thurston's How to Be Black.)

To provide a sense of Torres' piece, I've included a photo of NFL coach Bill Belichick to establish context for the following question: how would you feel if you were walking down a dimly lit street and saw approaching Belichick approaching?