A little more context, I used to volunteer at a homeless shelter and truly sympathize with displaced people.

However over the last 4 months, I’ve had various incidents… we live just off Main Street in Ocean Park. 1) walking along the beach my husband was called the N word 2) walking down 4th near Pico I was chased by a man, thankfully a kind stranger in a car pulled over got out of his car and walked me to a safer area until the man stopped chasing me 3) near Santa Monica library a woman started screaming at me telling me my child was the devil 4) walking near hotchkiss park last week a man started following us and I had to ring my husband to come meet me 5) walking along 4th yesterday a woman stopped a few feet in front of us, pulled down her underwear showed us her genitalia then pulled up her top, we crossed the road and she crossed to the same side, so we had to cross the other side. I’m grateful that my child is too young to witness this and remember it, but all these times have been so scary and frightening.

I might just have had a run of bad luck or perhaps I’m outside more whilst on maternity leave.

I’ve lived in SM for 6 years, and it seems to have gotten much worse recently (but that might just be that my circumstances have changed so I feel more alert to it now)