Napping While Black

Published: Aug. 19, 2019, midnight

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We explore the \\u201cBBQ Becky\\u201d phenomenon in which people of color have the police called on them for doing everyday ordinary things in public spaces. Interviews with Dennis Parker, an expert in the field of racial justice, and Lolade Siyonbola, who, as a Yale graduate student, had the campus police called on her for napping in her dormitory common room.

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