Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

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    9 months ago

    Dude is literally the same color as I am, a light-skinned Black person, going by the picture, and yes, I’ve had clerks follow me in stores and white women clutch their purses when I pass, and every man in my family, all of whom are that color, have “being pulled over by the cops” story, so I’m not exactly sure what you’re trying to do here.

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      9 months ago

      You sure you aren’t just looking for any tiny problems in the world to blame on your skin color? I swear people are always looking for ways to be a victim.

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        8 months ago

        Please try to be a serious person.

        I never once claimed to be a “victim,” so don’t put words in my mouth. But racism is real and it happens, no matter how much some folks really want to pretend it’s just folks looking to be “victims.”

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        9 months ago

        Man shut the fuck up. Just because the USA was able to pretend we thought people who looked like that were white to steal physicists from Iran for a little bit, doesn’t mean he is white passing. Also notice the guy’s hairline is clearly that of a dad, why would you card him. Fuck off idiot

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        9 months ago

        As an old white lady myself I’m disappointed in you, trying to find any tiny excuse to deny the racism that’s all around you in our world.