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CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
61. I am so sorry that you and your family had that horrible experience.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:14 AM
Mar 2012

You took the high road. I hope that the young waitress was changed for the better.
People who've never experienced racism have no idea what it is like to be treated is such an awful, inhumane manner.

I think every Black Male ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2012 #1
It's happened to me MrScorpio Mar 2012 #4
I live in a suburban area that is very white and I watch the cops pull African Americans over proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #13
The funny thing is, that when I was younger, I felt safer IN DETROIT than I did in the suburbs MrScorpio Mar 2012 #14
I work in the hood. I get pulled over there. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #24
Some time back I had a coworker quakerboy Mar 2012 #34
Jonathan Capeheart agrees... babylonsister Mar 2012 #2
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2012 #3
It makes you weep. Truly. Matariki Mar 2012 #5
My kid is white, so I realize that he isn't judged because of that, but he's 18 years old, loves all american girl Mar 2012 #6
When my (now adult) son was a teenager with a tblue37 Mar 2012 #7
My son wanted to spikes at one point.... all american girl Mar 2012 #9
The worst profiling I ever got was from Harry Reid. sofa king Mar 2012 #37
It is a tragedy, to be sure. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #8
Doesn't feel like 2012, it's more like the arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #10
when these idiot laws were passed my first thought was rurallib Mar 2012 #11
+1 AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2012 #12
I knew a lot of African-American men who wished they could own guns legally to take back their ... ieoeja Mar 2012 #40
Very interesting post. Thanks for sharing that. loudsue Mar 2012 #49
My son has a tattoo that expresses EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #54
True. NOLALady Mar 2012 #65
Violence. ieoeja Mar 2012 #66
Limited interaction. NOLALady Mar 2012 #67
I'm white and so are my teenage sons. One is a hardcore punk. I fear for him. yardwork Mar 2012 #15
And this hoodie issue: It was raining when Trayvon was walking home for the store MrScorpio Mar 2012 #16
So could four of my nephews malaise Mar 2012 #17
My son is a Motorcycle mechanic erinlough Mar 2012 #18
it could have been me too noiretextatique Mar 2012 #19
Has the Florida governor said anything? n/t malaise Mar 2012 #20
Rick Scott? MrScorpio Mar 2012 #21
It's clear you're not from around these parts peace frog Mar 2012 #32
Actually, he did order FDLE to investigate the shooting Hugabear Mar 2012 #35
Was Trayvon Martin a wealthy business owner who the state could use in a privitazation scheme? Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2012 #43
Anyone want to discuss how we're now a "post-racial" society? hedgehog Mar 2012 #22
Justice felix_numinous Mar 2012 #23
I think this story. sendero Mar 2012 #25
And can you imagine if it were a black resident shooting a white kid? TBF Mar 2012 #26
Walking while black: CottonBear Mar 2012 #27
Then you know first hand... MrScorpio Mar 2012 #28
Exactly. I am amazed at the people that keep accentuating that this happened in "The South" Number23 Mar 2012 #30
People have long been naive about the police and they way they treat minorities HipChick Mar 2012 #36
I do know it and it is so sad that it is so. n/t CottonBear Mar 2012 #31
Mr. Scorpio, one day working with a black guy in the seventies, and we were taking our lunch break. freshwest Mar 2012 #38
I have a happy ending story about poor service. ieoeja Mar 2012 #42
That sounds good. freshwest Mar 2012 #47
Love this story siligut Mar 2012 #59
In 1985, chervilant Mar 2012 #55
I am so sorry that you and your family had that horrible experience. CottonBear Mar 2012 #61
And the MOTHERS and FATHERS of those black children are doing the same Number23 Mar 2012 #29
and he looks just like my sun knowbody0 Mar 2012 #33
That's why this case has affected me so much Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #39
Any developmentally disabled person, or deaf person, or Ilsa Mar 2012 #41
I'm terrified of cops because of my Asperger's. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #46
I know what you're talking about, but I don't talk about it online. Thanks. freshwest Mar 2012 #48
Okay. I'm not sure Ilsa Mar 2012 #60
Indeed. Think of the deaf Native American man shot down on the sidewalk a couple of years ago. Nay Mar 2012 #62
I can only look at that picture of Trayvon Martin and say, "Why?" Brigid Mar 2012 #44
Blacks are assumed to be criminals until proven otherwise. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #45
My son could be Trayvon Martin qanda Mar 2012 #50
I love your picture, Qanda. Chorophyll Mar 2012 #51
Thank you so much! qanda Mar 2012 #52
It's a tremendously upsetting case. Chorophyll Mar 2012 #53
It seems like if you aren't a white man in this country you're fucked LynneSin Mar 2012 #56
I'm a white woman, grandmother REACTIVATED IN CT Mar 2012 #57
So I guess that means "by the grace of god went Trayvon Martin," correct? stopbush Mar 2012 #58
Yes and it is continuing problem enhanced by haters like Fox, Rush, etc. era veteran Mar 2012 #63
My son could have been Trayvon Martin. NOLALady Mar 2012 #64
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