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16. If this were an elderly person

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:59 AM

Mar 2022

. . . with or without the phone. One might assume that he or she had some kind of dementia and ask a similar question. I know I have. Does that make me ageist? - - probably.

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woman asks black man if he's lost, shocked that he called her racist in return [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2022 OP

Damned if she does, damned if she doesn't (n/t) Retrograde Mar 2022 #1

A black man in her neighborhood looking at his phone MUST be lost. denbot Mar 2022 #6

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #8

✔️ live love laugh Mar 2022 #17

I don't know. I came across a very sweet Black lady at the hospital when I went to pick up Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #24

One morning my husband came home from work at like 4am helpisontheway Mar 2022 #2

karma Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author denbot Mar 2022 #4

"do you know where you're going?" orleans Mar 2022 #5

lol, MAGA to PoC in America; please forget all that racist shit we CURRENTLY do and give us the .. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #7

I think she did secondwind Mar 2022 #9

What would bring that question on? There's no indicators the person wasn't alright or lost ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #10

That wasn't her first thought. alphafemale Mar 2022 #14

Agree. None are so blind as those who will not see. live love laugh Mar 2022 #19

Young people always have their phone out everywhere these days JI7 Mar 2022 #11

If I saw someone looking at their phone , I JoanofArgh Mar 2022 #12

People need to be called on this "just trying to help" racism much more often. alphafemale Mar 2022 #13

I get it. But there is no benefit-of-the-doubt anymore--in either direction. hlthe2b Mar 2022 #15

If this were an elderly person ogsball Mar 2022 #16

Perhaps BOTH assumed wrong about the other Raine Mar 2022 #18

Many non POC still enjoy the privilege of innocence. live love laugh Mar 2022 #20

If he has a phone in his hand, he would have access to GPS. Jedi Guy Mar 2022 #21

White people haaaaate being called racist. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #22

All people hate being stereotyped so stop it lark Mar 2022 #23

White fragility is definitely a thing. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #25

Probably Some Do RobinA Mar 2022 #26

Probably add sexist to this, too. yagotme Mar 2022 #27