Actress Arrested For…Kissing While Black

Keeping score, we have documented proof that the following are legal offenses: Suggested Reading Have You Heard the Story of James Brown, The Most Sampled Artist Ever? Black Celebs With the Most Lavish California Homes! The Most Outrageous Car Transformations From MTVs ‘Pimp My Ride’ Video will return here when scrolled back into view Meet…

Keeping score, we have documented proof that the following are legal offenses:

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Driving while Black.

Walking while Black.

Waiting while Black.

Going home while Black.

Sitting while Black.

Losing your keys while Black.

Being near a White Person while Black.

Now, after Daniele Watts — a young actress who made her film debut in Django Unchained — was recently arrested by LAPD after being mistaken for a prostitute after being seen kissing her (White) boyfriend, we have proof “Kissing while Black” is now apparently illegal as well.

I wonder how much farther down this post-racial rabbithole we’re going to go. Perhaps someone should buy some yarn today — while Black, of course — and test if “Crocheting while Black” is a crime as well.

(1:30 edit: The recent news that Watts and her husband might have been having sex in a targeted area definitely does put a new spin on things. As everyone knows, the best place to have car sex with your significant other is in a Target parking lot at night, not the middle of the day. Still, though, I want someone to test out if “crocheting while Black” will get you jammed up too.)

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