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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]ExciteBike66
(2,424 posts)"Go to a "make up artist " and have them to make you look like a black person for a month... Then come back and comment. "
I can only imagine the condemnation I would receive if I tried to do that, what with the history of "black-face" and all.
"Generally even the most unkept and un-groomed white person is allowed unimpeded movement and accessibility... "
This is not true, try asking a homeless advocate about how they are treated by businesses and police.
I agree that there might have been bias at work here, at least on the part of the manager. My point was that I don't think the police should be blamed for doing their job here, since it was clearly a case of defiant trespass, as they call it. It doesn't seem to me that the cops acted in any racist manner.