How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"All my life I've walked into the precinct as a black cop. But I was a cop first, so when the racist jokes were flying, I let them slap me on the back and sometimes laughed right along with them—even had my own to tell about white folks. It was like that—black, white, we were all cops, that's all. Cops first." (6.2)
Daddy describes being a cop as something that transcends race. However, we quickly see how flimsy this idea is after Raymond Taylor's shooting.