Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Do you see race?

It depends on how the person carries him/herself. I work at a hotel, so if a person comes in and starts acting suspicious, I notice their race (along with how tall they are, what they're wearing, etc.) incase I have to call the police. If a black man walks in to the hotel refusing to present a credit card or ID, and he's wearing baggy pants, a hat to the side, sungles, and gold chains (and walking with a limp, what's up with that?), I treat him just like a white guy who does the same exact thing. If a black man comes in wearing a suit and politiely asks "do you have any rooms?" instead of "Yo B, U gots any rooms hya?", I don't notice his race, just that he was professional and respectable.

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