Writes Gail Appel:

So if you’re Black, Laurence Fishburn with mascara makes you feel safer than a fit, average looking white guy with 20 years of experience of extinguishing infernos and rescuing people trapped in burning buildings?

I was in NYC on 9/11 and nobody was rejecting help from firefighters that didn’t correspond with their racial or gender affiliation. And when these incredible brave, selfless heroes were covered with soot, they were of one affiliation- humanity’s best.

See this.