stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThat picture doesn’t look like “a white guy.” You might not be sure he’s Black, but he definitely looks “of color,” at least. Enough for racism to play a part in the interaction.
That picture doesn’t look like “a white guy.” You might not be sure he’s Black, but he definitely looks “of color,” at least. Enough for racism to play a part in the interaction.