Nichola Torbett has been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be safe and who gets to feel safe.
“I feel, as a white woman, a right to feel comfortable, because the world is kind of made and designed for white people,” Torbett said. “So when I don’t feel comfortable, I think oh my gosh, I’m not safe.”
Torbett is a lay leader at First Congregational Church of Oakland, a progressive church in California, that has made a decision to try to stop calling police, especially on people of color.
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