When someone says that what you said/did etc was racist they arent always calling YOU a racist they are just pointing out that you took part in an activity which has racist implications.Weather it was your intention or not is irrelevant.So Instead of getting defensive about it and bringing up all the times you “werent racist” or talking about your friends of color you can just learn,apologize and not do it again in the future.
Despite what white people of today want to believe, it was NOT that long ago. At all.
The War on Drugs, mass incarceration, the MOVE bombing, COINTELPRO, Rodney King being beaten, Sandra Bland’s death, Michael Brown’s death, Trayvon Martin’s death etc. etc. etc. also happened in the green area too. I’d say making it green is a misnomer.
My first response to this story was “Unbelievable!” but unfortunately
in America it’s all too real, too frequent, and very believable.
Tshyrad Oates says he has been a paying member of LA Fitness in
Secaucus, NJ for at least eight years. But when he went to his gym
earlier this week, the gym accused him of entering without paying. He
showed them his membership card – twice, once to the manager and once to
the expressionless clerk at the desk – and both times the computer
showed that he was indeed a member of the gym. But that wasn’t good
enough. Police were called in.
By the end of the video above (or the fourth video below), Oates is wondering why the gym is now terminating
his membership. He says he doesn’t know what he did. Even one of the
police officers admits he has no idea why Oates is getting kicked out.
The four videos below were taken by Oates’ friend, who was with
him at the gym. The gym manager told them they had to stop shooting the
video, and even tried to get the police to make them stop with the
camera, but the police admitted that it wasn’t illegal to shoot a video.
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