stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1624arrow-down1external-linkHobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’www.theguardian.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square112fedilinkfile-text
Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down14·9 months agoI’m not saying he deserved this treatment, but I am saying he admits to wearing Yeezys in 2024 while working as a “DEI manager.”
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·9 months agoBoth of those things tell me his isn’t buying the paint for graffiti.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down14·9 months agoWhat if there’s a synagogue in the area? I hope he takes this as a teachable moment that anti-racism includes not supporting racism ❤️
minus-squareMoneo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·9 months agoOh wow. The same person who thinks electing Trump will save Gaza also condones vandalizing innocents. Colour me shocked.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-29 months agoLul, what? Talk about a reading comprehension fail.
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoJew here. We don’t need your racism defending us thanks. Remember the civil rights movement when we went down South together? Used our upward mobility and law degrees and assimilated whiteness to support the movement? Stop dividing people.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoAh, perhaps you’d be interested in rocking some Swastika Sneakers then? Every purchase goes to support the cause of Hindu Nationism!
I’m not saying he deserved this treatment, but I am saying he admits to wearing Yeezys in 2024 while working as a “DEI manager.”
Both of those things tell me his isn’t buying the paint for graffiti.
What if there’s a synagogue in the area?
I hope he takes this as a teachable moment that anti-racism includes not supporting racism ❤️
Oh wow. The same person who thinks electing Trump will save Gaza also condones vandalizing innocents. Colour me shocked.
Lul, what? Talk about a reading comprehension fail.
Jew here. We don’t need your racism defending us thanks. Remember the civil rights movement when we went down South together? Used our upward mobility and law degrees and assimilated whiteness to support the movement? Stop dividing people.
Ah, perhaps you’d be interested in rocking some Swastika Sneakers then?
Every purchase goes to support the cause of Hindu Nationism!