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This Incident Saddens and Disgusts Me

Perknose

Perknose

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I believe it should sadden and disgust you, too:

'They don't belong': police called on Native American teens on college tour.

A mother on a Colorado college tour called the police on two Native American students in the group because they looked like “they don’t belong”, in the latest episode to ignite outrage over racial profiling and needless calls to law enforcement in the US.

Two teenage brothers had traveled from New Mexico for the tour at Colorado State University (CSU) on Monday when a parent called the authorities on them, saying they were quiet and “creepy” and “really stand out”. The call prompteduniversity police to question them, causing the young men to miss the rest of the tour, campus officials said.
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Creepy? Watch the video and decide for yourself.


I think the one truly CREEPY person is the fearful bigot biddy who called the cops on these two young kids. Of course, no sanction whatsoever for the bigot biddy, right?

The 911 caller, who has not been named, told a dispatcher that the students’ “behavior is just really odd”, according to audio released on Friday. “They’re definitely not a part of the tour.”

The woman further said the black clothing they were wearing was suspicious, that they appeared to be Hispanic and that one was from Mexico. She later added: “They just really stand out … They’re just creepy kids … It actually made me feel sick.” The mother, who left the tour to call police, said another man on the tour also “believed they don’t belong”.
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What a racist piece of crap! She's the creepy one. She's the one who makes ME feel sick. There should be some sort of consequence for her fearful racist action . . . something . . . maybe be "invited" to travel to these kid's home and apologize to them in person?

Hey, I don't know, but bigots like this woman should not be allowed to yank the levers of armed response to do their bigot biddy bidding.
 
And yet there are are apologists wondering why the black community was in an uproar over the Starbucks arrests.

It's because non-whites in the US deal with this passive-aggressive form of racism all the time. Police officers who pull them over because they're driving in the 'wrong' neighborhood. Store staff who follow them around worrying they'll shoplift. Even little things like a white person clutching their bag tightly when they see a non-white person coming the other way.

And yet I'm sure that if you asked her, she'd vehemently deny being racist, because the American conservative mentality is to pretend that racism only involves overt bans and name-calling.
 
Commodus said:
And yet there are are apologists wondering why the black community was in an uproar over the Starbucks arrests.

It's because non-whites in the US deal with this passive-aggressive form of racism all the time. Police officers who pull them over because they're driving in the 'wrong' neighborhood. Store staff who follow them around worrying they'll shoplift. Even little things like a white person clutching their bag tightly when they see a non-white person coming the other way.

And yet I'm sure that if you asked her, she'd vehemently deny being racist, because the American conservative mentality is to pretend that racism only involves overt bans and name-calling.
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Let's back up a minute. Nothing done by this woman was right. "Store staff who follow "them" around worrying they'll shoplift". How about a white guy who won't fill a black persons prescription?
 
Without Parkland and other school shootings, the woman likely wouldn't have feared two young men who standout.
 
Hayabusa Rider said:
Let's back up a minute. Nothing done by this woman was right. "Store staff who follow "them" around worrying they'll shoplift". How about a white guy who won't fill a black persons prescription?
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Well, that's more overt racism (unless there's some half-hearted pretext), because you're doing it face-to-face. Passive-aggressive racism, to me, involves either obscuring your intentions and/or avoiding direct confrontation. When store staff follow black people around, for example, they may not be saying "you're not welcome in our store," but it's a not-so-subtle signal that those black people aren't welcome.
 
Jaskalas said:
Without Parkland and other school shootings, the woman likely wouldn't have feared two young men who standout.
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This was my first reaction as well. I recently called movie theater security because a teenage boy in all black was hanging out near the exit door of a movie theater. As security went to confront him, an adult intervened and the situation diffused. Turned out he was autistic.
 
Starbuck1975 said:
This was my first reaction as well. I recently called movie theater security because a teenage boy in all black was hanging out near the exit door of a movie theater. As security went to confront him, an adult intervened and the situation diffused. Turned out he was autistic.
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lmao all black frightens you?

That'd cover all rockers, metal maniacs, industrial goths and funeral goers.
 
Indus said:
lmao all black frightens you?

That'd cover all rockers, metal maniacs, industrial goths and funeral goers.
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The pallette of my wardrobe is black and grey for that very reason. You missed the point.

A kid wearing all black milling about the exit door of a movie theater is a pattern of behavior consistent with a shooting scenario. Situational awareness.
 
Starbuck1975 said:
This was my first reaction as well. I recently called movie theater security because a teenage boy in all black was hanging out near the exit door of a movie theater. As security went to confront him, an adult intervened and the situation diffused. Turned out he was autistic.
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I’m sad to hear that - that you called security. The autistic boy and any adult related to him would have felt worse. Paranoia has become rampant
 
Starbuck1975 said:
It actually feels pretty good to have the ability to evaluate a situation and react decisively.
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Well acting decisively on it's own isnt necessarily a good thing. Acting decisively on a terrible assumption is a bad thing. And that's what you did.

Its called acting impulsively. It's not a great way to make decisions.
 
Noah Abrams said:
I’m sad to hear that - that you called security. The autistic boy and any adult related to him would have felt worse. Paranoia has become rampant
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I am too, but this is the world we live in. A few people, including security, thanked me for doing it. The particulars of my anecdotal story are not worth discussing further. I was simply agreeing with @Jaskalas
 
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