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PurgedVoter

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19. Sad. Whenever a white person says "you people" he puts a stain on that white.
Sat Dec 11, 2021, 08:25 AM
Dec 2021

When a person says, "you people," he has just said he was different. When the next next act is to create injustice, the difference is ethical. Sadly if this man either felt he could get away with this or he felt he was doing the right thing. Possibly both.

Sadly I grew up with these people. A lot of them interact well with and even respect the black people they work with. Yet they despise the black people they do not know. It is impossible to persuade them. If you show them a video of racial injustice, they start twisting it in their mind and before the video is over, they have judged the black victim more harshly than the white monster the video shows.

Some are mostly decent caring folk apart for harboring an entire section of their brain that is ready to twist the truth they see in front of them and in the end help create even more injustice. Others are worse. They delight in their hatred. Twice a week I drive by a ranch that at one time had a chair hanging from a noose tied to the arch over their fancy iron entryway to the ranch. The noose is gone, but just like the Trumpist flags that are finally coming down, a stain was left behind and as I drive by, I think, those people.

Those people are white, just like me, but just as they think they are different and look down on others, I cannot help but think I am different and look down on them. I grew up with them. Some of them were friends. I can think of a few that if the scales fell from their eyes, they would probably cry themselves to death.

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I hope he sues them malaise Dec 2021 #1
he settled. Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #4
He got paid and the manager is gonna get fired. Botany Dec 2021 #12
Good malaise Dec 2021 #13
The man had an I.D., a leagal check, and an account at the bank Botany Dec 2021 #14
The manager isn't getting fired. Chicago1980 Dec 2021 #17
"U.S. Bank CEO issues apology" Botany Dec 2021 #20
That's My Guess, As Well ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #25
I think at first US Bank was hoping this would just "blow over" but to treat a customer of the ... Botany Dec 2021 #27
Probably So ProfessorGAC Dec 2021 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Dec 2021 #2
I'm really sorry this happened to Joe but if he contacts the right lawyer he just might abqtommy Dec 2021 #3
after the media got hold of the story, the bank settled. Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #5
Thanks. I went to your KSTP link and found this of interest to me: abqtommy Dec 2021 #18
Heartbreaking. Sue the fuck out of them (Nt) FreepFryer Dec 2021 #6
Can't jog, can't drive, can't shop, can't have skittles, can't play loud music, can't vote, can't LoisB Dec 2021 #7
Can't breathe at times, either. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #15
Shocking - but true...... MyOwnPeace Dec 2021 #30
Indeed. LoisB Dec 2021 #31
Agree. Companies should have strictly enforced policies against racism.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #41
You got it right! Both of you judesedit Dec 2021 #28
This is outrageous. A quick search on Google suggests this bank has a lot of racism in its... NNadir Dec 2021 #8
Not to mention shameful and just flat-out embarrassing. calimary Dec 2021 #10
"Have we really sunk this low?" MyOwnPeace Dec 2021 #36
Plus Cruz, plus Gohmert, plus Graham, DFW Dec 2021 #37
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #43
Banking while Black. SergeStorms Dec 2021 #9
... and that cop. on the video... when Morrow claims racial profiling "be careful what you say, you Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #26
Yeah, that cop needs.... SergeStorms Dec 2021 #39
Stupid racist bigot Jackass mahina Dec 2021 #11
By firing the bank manager and the cop. Solomon Dec 2021 #42
This has happened numerous times across the country to blacks and Latinos. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2021 #16
Sad. Whenever a white person says "you people" he puts a stain on that white. PurgedVoter Dec 2021 #19
+100 Well said. nt abqtommy Dec 2021 #21
Yup. People have to be "other"-ized before being discriminated against, pre-judged and maltreated.nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #23
. Maine Abu El Banat Dec 2021 #24
This group of white people are also the first to say, "I'm not racist..." PatrickforB Dec 2021 #34
Banking while Black is apparently a crime in some parts of AmeriQQQa Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #22
It just never stops! Native Dec 2021 #32
I sense...a MAJOR lawsuit in US Bank's near future... PatrickforB Dec 2021 #33
What's up with Minnesota? ecstatic Dec 2021 #35
Not just Minnesota DFW Dec 2021 #38
There's racism everywhere, but people like to pretend some places are better than others. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #44
The bank manager was probably angry because the customer made more money dlk Dec 2021 #40
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