Scott, you’ve said some things that are racially insensitive. Your followers say things that are outright racist at times. I had to stop following you for these reasons. I commend Hawk & you for trying to communicate though, it’s not easy. /3
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What has he said that is racially insensitive?
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A lot of things. But it’s the same things that many Americans are guilty of. Watched a talk between Hawk & Scott during one of Scott’s coffee things & they were talking about the Starbucks incident & the conversation veered to the subject of Racial Profiling. /1
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Scott proceeded to explain that the reason why blacks are stopped more by the Police is for the simple reason that they are “statistically guilty of more crime” & that essentially this was the reason why the Police were called at Starbucks, in addition to the fact that... /2
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the men in the Starbucks had not bought anything. What was made apparent in the video recorded by Starbucks’ patrons during that incident is that there were indeed, white customers who were in Starbucks, who had also not paid. Were the police called on the white customers? No /3
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So yes, crime stats show one thing, although what they’re really showing is open to much interpretation as there are black communities with low crime. But what the Starbucks incident demonstrated was a classsic case of racial profiling on the part of the Starbucks staff. /4
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Racial profiling is a form of racism or insensitivity to racial identity. There’s no other way to look it my eyes. You can’t just assume someone is a criminal because of their skin color. In a busy Starbucks especially. And Starbucks felt the same way. /5
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Starbucks, in a positive step forward, chose to address the issue & train their staff accordingly. The fact that Scott was defending the Starbucks staff for racial profiling demonstrated his lack of sensitivity on the issue. /6
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The thing that really got me frustrated though was Scott is admitting to Hawk that racial profiling exists. But when Hawk expressed his frustration to Scott about the perception that he has being profiled in his everyday life, Scott tells him, “oh it’s invisible, Hawk.” /7
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Scott essentially tells Hawk, “yeah, most people aren’t racist, you’re being too sensitive.” That’s not verbatim but that was the general gist of it. Scott was saying. “Expect to be racially profiled but don’t worry, it’s not personal.”
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Okay, my opinions do not match your misinterpretations of them. Nothing else to see here.
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Is it possible that you’re not as perceptive on issues of race as you think you are?
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