'You don't look like a legislator': Security stops black, female Ohio State Rep from going to work
Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes has had trouble on multiple occasions getting into the statehouse building and was even once told by security that she didn't "look like a legislator," she told ABC News.
The state representative for the 34th district in Ohio said she believes she has been discriminated against because of her race in her own place of work.
On Wednesday, Sykes (D-Akron), tweeted that she had trouble getting into the Riffe Center in Columbus, which is near the statehouse and houses many of the lawmakers' offices.
Sykes told ABC News she was walking to her office when she entered the lane for people who have badges to enter the building -- with her badge prominently displayed, hooked on her bag.
As Sykes walked through, a security guard stopped her, asking her where she was going and telling her to he needed to see the badge.
As Sykes kept walking, she told the security guard that she had already showed him the badge, which features a photo of the statehouse to signify authorization for traveling to and from the government building, she said.
The security guard followed her down the hallway toward the elevator before Sykes asked him, "What else do you want from me? I showed it to you twice." Then, he just moved on and went back to the security booth, she said.
Sykes wrote on Twitter that Wednesday wasn't even the "worst" encounter she had with statehouse security.
Sykes said she was once told by statehouse security that she needed additional screening because she doesn't "look like a legislator."
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so both sides discriminate 
to stop people from legislatin' while black? 
