Chalk Wall lady's husband got fired too

[StarfishSaver]

Racism sometimes has consequences ...

Link to tweet

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

This is how they will learn

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That was probably a pretty good job, too. Sucks to be him.

Maybe if people want to keep being racist assholes they'll remember to just do it in private by voting for Trump and using the n-word among friends at posh dinner parties that they still get invited to because they haven't been outed on social media and fired by their embarrassed employers. But the good thing about social media is that when dumb racists post shit on Twitter or say shit while they're being recorded, at least we know who they are.

[malaise]

3. When they realize we are their equals and not their subjects

we shall all live in peace

[Wounded Bear]

4. The hardest part of freedom is giving it to others...nt

[malaise]

5. Sad but true

They think they are free to tell us how to live - they make me sick.

[pandr32]

24. And they don't see that it is a problem

Their privilege and rights matter more in their view.

[Nevilledog]

44. +1

[Alex4Martinez]

6. You give them to much credit, they are not equal to Mr. Juanillo.

They might have a higher economic rank, which is vulgar but typical in our rotten culture.

But Mr. Juanillo outranks the two of them in terms of humanity, I think you'll agree!

[malaise]

10. +1,000

How sad that they don't know their neighbor.

[brush]

13. Twitter has turned out to be a great resource to fight these racists.

A lot of people who you'd think were smarter keep getting caught on video being straight up racists who then suffer the doxxing consequences.

When will they learn.

[lunatica]

19. Racists should go back into their dank and smelly closet again

These are the same people who used to whisper their hate while covering their mouths for fear of being heard. Ugh! I hated that I was guilty by dint of the color of my skin.

Trump has given them permission to come out in the open to spew their hate, contaminating the earth. We need to drive them into the swamps again, because at least then we don’t have them screaming in our faces.

[Oppaloopa]

47. After Nov they will be.

[lunatica]

48. I'll do my part to make it so!

[Blue_true]

52. It is getting to the point where even their "peops" are outing them.

Remember that woman from a couple of weeks ago ranting about how much she loved Trump and his wall, and her hoping that he send "all of them back to the shithoke countries that they came from"? She thought that she was uniformly Zooming with friends that were ok with her fucking racism.

[orwell]

7. This is a very expensive neighborhood...

...in a very expensive city.

You have a lot of money if you live in Pacific Heights.

This woman and her husband were very representative of the type of people that live in the neighborhood.

I'm sure they will both land on their feet.

[madaboutharry]

9. The homeowner said the neighborhood was in solidarity

with BLM.

Watch here to the end:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017587656

[StarfishSaver]

14. Interestingly ...

These people claimed to have no idea who this neighbor was, but ... when the police arrived, they recognized him immediately as a homeowner they knew, and they left.

Apparently, his ownership and presence in that neighborhood was neither new nor a big secret, but these two people never seemed to have seen him before.

This is what it means to be invisible in America. We are not seen until we are seen as a menace or a criminal.

[CaptainTruth]

25. +1 Thank you for that insight.

[Boomer]

33. He's lived in that house for 18 years

This negates the people who defend the neighbors' lie with the suggestions that they knew the previous owner of the house. Umm, nope, that's not the case.

[AllyCat]

35. Interesting perspective.

Thank you. It has opened my eyes in another way.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

37. They probably referred to him as James the Gardener.......for 18 years.

.......... ..........

"The last 48 hours have taught me that my actions were those of someone who is not aware of the damage caused by being ignorant and naive to racial inequalities," wrote Alexander. "I did not realize at the time that my actions were racist and have learned a painful lesson."

(James) Juanillo, who identifies as Filipino, said he has rented the house for nearly two decades.

"People should ask themselves if this Karen would have believed me if I said, 'Yes Maam, I sure do live in this multi million dollar mansion, for almost 18 years now!'" he tweeted on Saturday. "If she was capable of believing that in the first place, she would never have bothered me."

From: https://www.sfgate.com/local/editorspicks/article/Lisa-Alexander-apology-Black-Lives-Matter-SF-15339447.php

Racism, xenophobia and elitism seems to come along with high wealth in most cases but with a thin veneer of social responsibility. Sadly, far too many Americans worship this class of people.

KY

[alittlelark]

54. +10,000

[JI7]

58. They may have seen him but assumed he was someone other than the owner of the house

They might have just seen a person of color and assumed maybe he was delivering food or doing some other job . But never thought he could actually own the place.

[OnlinePoker]

27. Both of them fired from high-paying jobs

I wonder how long before they'll be forced to move out of the area because they can't afford it anymore.

[csziggy]

39. I wonder how long they will be able to stay there with him being jobless

And her business now being linked to her racism? I wouldn't be at all surprised if they spend every penny of their formerly high income and they don't have enough set aside to support them through hard times.

What a shame if they have to move to a less affluent neighborhood.

[hunter]

42. They'll probably move to a much less expensive city where all their neighbors are white...

... and intolerant of anyone who isn't.

Perhaps Trump will invite them to Oklahoma and they'll find a place there.

I doubt they are going to end up homeless.

[NurseJackie]

45. I was thinking the exact same thing.

[AZ8theist]

51. Thoughts and prayers!!!!!

[sheshe2]

8. Yes!

[SoonerPride]

11. It sure is getting expensive to be a racist dick.

Maybe people will learn to mind their own fucking business.

[uponit7771]

60. +1, #RacsimIsExpensive

[42bambi]

12. Ladies and Gents I give you - ChalkGate.

[BComplex]

15. I didn't know they actually called the cops! The friggin' nerve!

I'm so glad they have been outed. Racists are coming out of the woodwork since trump took the bully pulpit.

[NBachers]

16. Great! Another "learning experience to grow from." "I'm not really like that."

[AllaN01Bear]

17. my late mom said if you dont have anything nice to say , dont say it at all.

another one hitting the unemplyment lines . why arnt these people being charged with false police reports ? lemme guess, white ? and dear leader is embolding them.

[packman]

18. Both fired - loss of income, maybe forced to move from cushy neighborhood

Into a less "Comfortable" one with maybe more chalk sayings they will have to bear seeing. Poor things--

[lunatica]

21. Thus the saying, "Karma is a bitch!"

[HAB911]

20. WAH WAH, thoughts and prayers

[samsingh]

22. good

let's not forget their names

[AlexSFCA]

23. and then she only issues an apology after she lost everything

So this is the remedy, zero tolerance to racism. These people won’t learn until their livelihoods are taken away.

[zentrum]

26. Didn't know they called the police.

Thanks for the info.

All I saw was him asking her to call them.

Severe social and economic consequences are all that will work for White privilege.

[Sherman A1]

28. K&R

[bonniebgood]

29. what got me was: she said quote ' I know you don't own this property' when its public

record who owns the property. because in her mind brown people couldn't possible own property in this neighborhood.
what ever happen to minding your own damn business?

[StarfishSaver]

31. The police she called knew immediately that he owned the property.

She obviously had just been looking through him for years and only saw him when she thought he was committing a crime.

[LisaM]

56. Minor correction.

He says above that he's rented the house for 18 years. He doesn't actually own the property.

They certainly should have known he lives there. I lived in the same rental house for 18 years and we knew all our neighbors.

[louis-t]

30. She's apologizing all over the place.

I want to keep asking these morons if spouting their 'opinions' all over social media then losing their jobs was worth it?

[zentrum]

32. What her apology means.

I'm so sorry I can't do these things with impunity any more.

I'm so sorry I got outed by video.

I'm so sorry I will now have consequences.

[Marie Marie]

46. "I'm so sorry I can't do these things with impunity any more"....

I can understand her confusion, Her President has showed her everyday that she COULD do these things. But, the times they are a changing. Now, join the ranks of the little people that Trump's incompetence have shoved on to the unemployment lines.

[Boomer]

34. I'm betting a PR firm wrote her statement

It's oh-so-perfect. I'm sure she paid someone else good money to write a sincere and politically correct apology, so she doesn't end up sticking her foot in her mouth all over again.

[yellowcanine]

36. It was probably a violation of HOA rules. Lock him up!

[Gothmog]

38. Yeah

[KY_EnviroGuy]

40. Raymond James protecting their bottom line.

I get exhausted from reading of corporations making face-saving moves when many are rotten to core with promoting global economic and asset inequality which is at the root of a system that literally profits from division, building walls and injustice.....all of which encourage racism.

Firing Mr. Larkin was the right thing to do but in light of the above, it's really superficial and business goes on as usual.

Their systemic racism will simply go from occasionally overt to increasingly covert.

Thanks for the post, StarfishSaver........

[StarfishSaver]

41. That's fine. It's got to start somewhere

And if getting socked in the pocketbook gets their attention, I'm all for it.

And no, I don't agree that it becoming increasingly covert is a bad thing. It takes a long time to change hearts and minds. But we can change behavior. And when the behavior changes, hearts and minds usually follow.

[JI7]

59. racism is encouraged by making excuses for racists

[SidDithers]

43. Make racism expensive...

Sid

[Blue_true]

49. Displays or racism, be they covert or overt always must have consequences to the racists.

That is the only way it stops.

[MrScorpio]

50. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times...

Racists won't learn until you start fucking up their cash flow.

[Crunchy Frog]

53. The moral is: Don't act like a racist dick in public.

It can cost you your job, your business, your future employment prospects, your reputation, and basically, you can wreck your life.

I wonder when these types are finally going to learn to control themselves, even just out of naked self interest.

Maybe there should be something like a social Darwin Award.

[mountain grammy]

55. This is really encouraging.

[NBachers]

57. Sure hope she wasn't making installment payments on all that face and body work.

[Awsi Dooger]

61. Lisa reminds me of my Republican sister

The mannerisms and attitude are an uncanny match. Many similarities physically also.

A few years ago my sister demanded to see the "papers" of my aunt's tenant. He was a proud Cuban guy and totally outraged.

Major difference is my sister would be drunk and stumbling. No question about it.

[JoeDuck]

62. I'm sorry ...

but I can't feel celebratory over someone being fired, or even for expressing a racist opinion. Loss of job may be the right penalty but that doesn't make me happy. I remain sad, perhaps angry, that so many people retain evil racist thoughts and act on them. I keep hoping that the next generation or the next after that will have overcome harboring ill will over others because of differences in appearance. But with Donald Trump feeding raw meat to the Lions of Bigotry, I don't know how long it will take.

[StarfishSaver]

63. Who said anything about feeling celebratory?

But if anyone does feel that way it is probably less about the fact that someone lost their job and more about the fact that when people see that systems that have consistently ignored and explained away their oppression and tell us we're overreacting ehen we are mistreated actually acknowledge that oppression, stand with us for a change and take steps to address that oppression, it is a great feeling.

If losing his job isn't an appropriate remedy, what do you suggest? And please don't suggest training or conversation, etc. This man and his wife didn't treat that man the way they did for lack of knowledge or information. They did it because they felt they COULD because they had never had to experience any consequences for their behavior.