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

  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Knew a dude in HS who by 23 had hair worse looking like that

    Reasons as he gave them:

    Russian genes

    Bald parents

    Wayyyyyyyyy too much cocaine

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, but the law is that they have to card if the person “looks” under 25, and it’s only under 16 that they have to refuse to sell to. He absolutely does not “look” 25, and I think you could make a case that no reasonable person would suspect that someone with a receding hairline is under 16 where they’d have to refuse service, or even under 25 where they are supposed to ask for ID.

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Bald by 23, balding at 14.

      Germanic ancestry, I guess.

      Dad has great, luscious and full white hair. Mom has plenty of hair, but HER dad was bald.

      No cocaine, though I have smoked pot since 16, doubt it’s related