I was racially profiled today.
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Went to a corner market near my office today to buy a six pack and asked if they could break a hundred. Little lady behind the counter said "Normally, we dont break hundreds, but you don't look like gangsta, I break hundred for you." Glad I don't look like a "gangsta" but suspect if wasn't lily white, I wouldn't have been able to complete the transaction.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bucky Badger
>>>>I break hundred for you
>>>>I break hundred for you
old Chinese people are the worst. Sorry that happened to you Ken.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: he who was Crabneesh
At work someone asked me what
At work someone asked me what color I am. I said "I don't know. What color am I."
When asked about my race I say "Human".
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: he who was Crabneesh
Funnier still I have had
Funnier still I have had people say "You are not black."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: he who was Crabneesh
When my DNA was analyzed & it
When my DNA was analyzed & it was discovered that I had some African ancestry one of my black friends say "I knew it."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: JP (J Bomb)
Do people who look sketchy
Do people who look sketchy try and rip off this proprietor on a more frequent basis? Are some of these wannabe gangsta' types white? Do you not fit the profile of these purported people they are referring to? Should the proprietor accept $100 from everyone and put their business at risk as to not offend the liberal class of PDX?
Just questions.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Good questions.
Good questions.
I asked the lady about the policy and she explained that a former owner had been robbed changing a $100 and warned her about it. I am sure if I was a toothless tweaker looking white dude, she would have turned me down, but I got the sense from the way she was making a big deal out of it, that had I been a black dude dressed the same way and driving the same car, that she wouldn't have changed the $100. Hopefully I am wrong.
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What side of the river?
What side of the river?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Westside. Barbur Blvd right
Westside. Barbur Blvd just south of downtown It's the "Barbur Market" right there on the corner of Barbur and Kelly.