Racial Profiling! -- Chris || Post in the forum
As you can see to the right here, you know what kind of topic is going to be discussed just by that picture.
No, it's not because he just so happens to be black. It's because he is black, and Al Sharpton just so happens to be black and I always think of him when I hear of racial profiling. Again, I don't think that because he is black, I think of that because he's always in the news regarding racial profiling.
On to the real stuff. When you call someone, or answer the phone, do you know whether they are black or white? Sure, I can take guesses about what color the person is on the other side of that phone, but am I right? Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. In essence, I have a 50% chance of guessing right.
Since the owner had gone through the trouble to advertise the room in the local newspaper, thought Rice, why would she talk to a prospective renter with a bad attitude and rush her off the phone?
The answer, Rice believes, was simple. "I'm quite sure she picked up that I was black from my voice," she said.
Reading those few lines there almost literally made me go "What the hell?" out loud. I honestly think that it is just silly that she blames it on the way she sounded.
At this rate I don't think that I'm going to be too shocked when I hear about someone saying, "I'm pretty sure they picked up that I am black from the email that I sent them".
Think about it, right now are you trying to figure out if I am black or white? No. Most of the time you really do not care about the other race since most of us (blacks and whites) have come to the conclusion that both races are equal. It's even more ridiculous since the person didn't even see the black lady, which would mean that the person would have to take a guess, perhaps an educated guess, and decide from there.
Don't get me wrong, I had no idea that Bubba Sparxx was white till I saw a picture of him. Then after I saw the picture, I thought, "Isn't he black?". Not when I heard one of his songs, which aren't good in the first place if you ask me.
Racial Profiling! -- 
As you can see to the right here, you know what kind of topic is going to be discussed just by that picture.
