Black Men (And Others): How Would You Handle Someone Saying, “You Look Like a Drug Dealer.” in a Work Setting?
Question by ?Ello?Vee?E? says Shut Up, Take Notes: Black men (And others): How would you handle someone saying, “You look like a drug dealer.” In a work setting?
Marc Lamont Hill (A black man) was on The O’Reilly Factor talking about Obama’s plan to send 1,200 troops to secure the Mexican border to intimidate illegal immigrants when O’Reilly says: “Say you’re a cocaine dealer; and you kind of look like one a little bit.”
And Hill laughingly quips: “As do you… you know, you actually look like a cocaine user.”
He handled it the best way he knew how, he laughed it off and his retort was sharp… But I don’t think I would’ve handled it that way.
We don’t want to be seen as sensitive and we don’t want people to claim we’re “playing the race card,” so we laugh at their egregious remarks.
But what he said is serious because black men are racially profiled everyday for “looking like” drug dealers.
(Here’s the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdaHrGwlWvk&feature=player_embedded)
Best answer:
Answer by Cali
If I had half a brain I wouldn’t take anything O’Reilly has to say seriously anyway.
Answer by !Pistol! – Josh
HAHA the biggest criminals and drug dealers wear suits and ties.
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Cocaine: risks and recovery from addiction – Drugs – getting help www.nhs.uk Cocaine use, even if it’s casual, can soon lead to dependence. Two people describe how the drug nearly ruined their lives.