Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ - eviltoast

Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You’re just adding to my point. These rules are only there for “lower class” people. I live in an affluent area and you can get that shit at the dollar store around here, nobody ids you. That shit is easy to get anywhere, and if you’re so worried, don’t sell it.

    As a person of color who grew up in an affluent white area, I also grew up very aware of how I was looked at and treated in contrast to my peers, I got used to certain looks and questions when entering a store.

    Now that I’m an adult I don’t deal with that shit. I bought like 10 cans of spray paint last week for work, and if anyone had asked me for Id or asked what I needed it for I would have told them it was none of their damn business