like Mexican drug cartels. In fact a
lot of these gangs base their thing
on those Mexican gangs. They have
the same look: the Converse All
Stars with the Dickies pants and the
open shirt buttoned only at the top.
By the time I was a teenager,
anytime I was profiled by cops or
security guards, it usually wasn’t
because I was black but because I
looked colored. I went to a club
once with my cousin and his friend.
The bouncer searched Mlungisi,
waved him in. He searched our
friend, waved him in. Then he
searched me and got up in my face.
“Where’s your knife?”