'But Sean, why wouldn't you be a decent person and just take the package to your neighbour? Or better yet, you have teenage sons. Send one of them. That’s the perk of having teenagers — free menial labour.'

The answer is because we’re black. And it’s extremely unsafe to send our boys to the home of any family that we don’t know in this predominantly white neighbourhood.

Why? Because there is a realistic chance that one of my neighbours will see my boy as a threat and call the police or even pull a gun on him.