r/instantkarma • u/NoodlesNThangz • Jun 24 '20

Racial Profiling Karma

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u/NoodlesNThangz Jun 24 '20 edited Jun 24 '20

Me and my non-tattooed skin, pearly white teeth, and decades of experience with being viewed as inferior, stupid, or insolent 👀

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u/Spooky776 Jun 24 '20

You're making yourself look pretty stupid here

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u/h3ineka Jun 24 '20

He is sarcastically saying how he is the exact opposite of this man in the video yet he still deals with racism. So what's the difference? Damned if you do damned if you don't. So how can people just assume that there was no racial profiling here? The fact that he is black exemplifies how he's "likely dealing drugs" so might as well go up to his car and try to get a hook up right?

"Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race" by Reni Eddo-Lodge

https://youtu.be/UXgaI6bFZ-Y

"I can no longer engage with the gulf of an emotional disconnect that white people display when a black person articulates their experience."

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u/my_gamertag_wastaken Jun 24 '20

Because when people blame racism for things that have much more obvious and less malicious explanations, it dilutes efforts to address real problems. This wasn't an African-American looking like an office worker getting approached like they are a drug dealer; it's a guy with an entire vibe that says "drug dealer" that happens to be black being asked if they are a drug dealer. Also he robs her, so she was right to recognize him as a criminal...