[Another day in America] John Henson racially profiled at jewelry store

naww...it was profiling for sure...just saying they were profiling as an overreaction to conditions other than only his skin color...pretty sure they would have been cool with him if he would have been dressed like he was going to a high end jeweler and not like he was stopping by a pawn shop.

 

I task you to find photos of him where he looks suspicious. Waiting ...

 

lol...you can deny service to a customer for any reason...just cant state that it was for any of those that might be considered profiling. If an old street bum walks in, more than likely no one would give a shyte if that bum got kicked out for foul odor and inappropriate dress...they get kicked out of MacDonalds all the time...no one steps up them.

 

Sounds like a misunderstanding more than race. Maybe race played a part. I don't know.

But there is obviously more to the story than "there is a black guy, I'm scared let's call the cops and lock the store" like it seemed when I first heard the story.

 

If you kick someone out of your business, the reason has to be justifiable. Being black is not justifiable. You will ur azz sued profiling ppl

 

Store was robbed by a white dude. Where's the press release of them locking the doors for every white male that parked or walked near the store?

 

It's not outdated...it is still going on...if I go to my kid's elementary school dressed like a cholo...FOLKS (any person of any ethnicity) are gonna look...teachers n parents alike would be like "wow...you come to teacher/parent meeting looking like that?" Same thing...I aint gonna go to a high end jewelry store dressed like I'm headed to the local Smoke Shop...you dress like you got some sense...plain and YES simple...it really isn't complicated.

If he was dressed like them fools that robbed the place previously it is absolutely understandable why they would be tripping.

 

Are you claiming that Henson was not dressed appropriately? So he was denied because he violated the store's dress code? I think you're wrong.

 

Context. They had been victims of armed robbery before and were on high alert because they received (according to them) suspicious phone calls asking questions about when they close and specific items being in inventory. I've never worked at a jewelry store, so I'm taking them at their word that this is suspicious behavior, so that plus recognizing the vehicle as being one very similar to the one used in a previous armed robbery, I can't fault them for that.

No, it doesn't make me "omg" (what?), but if I were the person who felt those phone calls were suspicious and then saw what I thought was the same vehicle from a previous armed robbery, then yeah I might have locked the door. I can't say for sure what I would have done exactly, but it's not impossible.

I'm assuming that Henson wasn't the one who called the store, and also assuming that it was the vehicle that made them worry, not the guy inside it.

At this point in the story - and if my telling of the story is accurate - I can't fault them.

Yes, this part is bizarre, if they did indeed ask for the cops to stay around even after finding out who was in the vehicle. And yes, that could be an indication of racism for sure.

I'm not saying that though. I'm saying it was the phone calls + vehicle that could have reasonably made an employee cautious. I don't even know how someone would be able to determine race based solely off a phone call.

O.... K....

I never actually said that quote or anything like it, and never accused anyone of "acting so black" much less tell them to stop doing so. So I can't help you with this last part here. I think you might have meant it for someone else.

 

Let's see the context more. The area that the shop is located is called Whitefish bay, called by the locals for decades as "whitefolk bay" and is an exclusive white suburb and some years before when they rebuild the place they said it was so as to keep black people out because the area next to it is a almost exclusive black area. Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the us.
And my knowledge on that comes from talking to other Bucks fans in our forum that almost all live in Milwaukee. And they have talked about that before even that story surfaced.

 

Who is "they" that said this? Link? It sounds terrible.

 

The people who made the shoping area reconstruction and can't find link. Told you my source. They at Whitefish bay think that the blacks is the origin of most crimes there and tried to keep them away from their area and then was some backlash and had to take the statement away.
There is clearly a problem in that city and it's not an isolated incident and a misunderstanding in some store. Just look how the store wanted the policeman to observe Henson AFTER having identified himself.

All my knowledge of Milwaukee comes from talking almost daily online with MIL residents for years in the Bucks forum and I have gathered some things about that area that's all. There are underlying real issues.

 

Well I can't comment on the culture of Milwaukee because I've never been there, so OK. But I have a hard time believing some city council got together with the expressed goal of keeping out black people and that black people are the source of all crime. That sounds insane.

And yeah, the store wanting the police to stick around after identifying Henson is bad. I actually didn't know that part of the story until surbaihu told me about it.

 

Any psychologists on this board that can explain why people get off on being a victim? whats the appeal? Is it a Munchausen's thing?

 

The overall look and height of this man alone will make you not suspect that he's not an average person but is probably a sports star. I mean these people were just being bigots on purpose. No need for that ****.

 

A great question that has still yet to be answered.

 

Lol people still defending the store despite the fact that after the cops said everything was in the clear people from the store STILL wanted them to hang around while he shopped.

White knights are the best

 

Blasphemy :grin: why do you care about my earnings? I'm pretty sure I'm worth more than you loser.

 

There is no good or fair reason to presume anyone is a thief, but assuming they're one of 300 - 400 specific performers in a country of 320 million is fully irrational.

 

Clearly, they don't like to just get into gang fights.