I saw the ad as I pulled my beat-up 1991 Honda Accord behind a Maryland Transit Administration bus: It was a recruitment poster for the Baltimore County Police Department.

Four pictures were on the ad: One white woman, one black woman, one black man and one Latino man. “What the heck?” I said to myself. “Is the BCPD saying no white guys need apply?”

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