That’s fine, but it is clear to me, especially the Starbucks incident.
If they’d been there for a long time then I’d still think it was racist, but possibly not consciously so. The fact that the two black real estate agents were waiting for their friend for two minutes before it happened though removes any doubt the manager called the cops because they were black.
Very true. The difference is that some people circle wagons on their racial prejudices and others try to dismantle it. For the record, I consider you firmly in the latter category where I also try to live.
If the clerk were at issue, I would probably want more information and to hear their side. But the clerk isn’t at issue. The only real thing being tested here is the racial prejudice baked into many aspects of corporate culture. By holding companies accountable, they’re encouraged to take action and raise the bar a bit for their industry and society as a whole. So again, I see no reason to disbelieve the family.
Okay, but you’re also educated and as such you must be aware that being smart and/or educated in certain things isn’t a blank check at the intelligence bank, and that even the sharpest rationalists among us are going to be dumbasses about some things some times.
