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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sat Apr 14 19:26:05 2018, in response to Re: 2 Men Arrested In Philly Sbux For Waiting While Black, posted by BILLBKLYN on Sat Apr 14 17:41:35 2018. Truly spoken like a person who knows, to an absolute certainty, that he will never, ever find himself in a dangerous or awkward situation because of his color, sexual orientation, or both. What you are saying is that the cops who responded to the Starbucks, should base all their information on what cane over their radio, not what they find at the scene. Numerous witnesses told the cops the men weren't doing anything wrong. In fact, one (white) woman was quoted by ABC6 as saying she'd been in that sane Starbucks for "the past two hours without buying anything", but no one called the cops on her.As for me playing the "rectum" card (was that really an autocorrect?), I am just aware that you and I live in vastly different worlds, with different sets of societal rules, and different levels of social status. This is something you will never understand, because, again, you will never go through the kind of experience these two young men just did. You'll never know the pain of being considered "deviant" or "socially unacceptable" because of who you're attracted to. (Being gay cost me six of my teeth, for the "offense" of daring to wear my Pride T-shirt all the way home from the parade. I made it exactly three blocks from the subway, before I was attacked.) You'll never know what it means to genuinely, truly fear for your life, when pulled over for the most minor of infractions (or none at all--you just "fit the description", "look out of place", or are "driving too nice a car"), and the cops are already fingering their guns. Racism. for all your claims that people like me play the race/gay/other card, is an American institution. Incidents like the one at Starbucks (and worse) happen every day in this country. This particular episode was so very blatant, that even the white patrons who witnessed it were plainly shocked. That, sir, is cold, stark reality. |
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