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erpowers

(9,445 posts)
30. Shocking
Thu Feb 20, 2014, 02:17 PM
Feb 2014

The end of that video was just shocking. The guy actually told the lady he would help her steal the bike. The guy knew she was trying to steal the bike and offered to help. I would have liked it if they had also had a black woman in order to see if people were reacting the way they were because the woman was a woman, or just because she was a white woman.

The differing reactions between the white guy and the black guy were also interesting. For me it raised the question of why. Why were so many people willing to allow the white guy to steal the bike? The normal answer is that white privilege makes people think the white person is not committing a crime. However, for me, that explaination does not work in this case. In some instances the white guy acknowledged the bike was not his and people still did not call the cops, or harass him.

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Good Lord, cops drive right by white guy sufrommich Feb 2014 #1
I don't know how anyone could be in denial about racial profiling. Rex Feb 2014 #2
Yep. redqueen Feb 2014 #12
Holy shit! that is some white privilege there. PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #3
Cops with drawn gun? rgbecker Feb 2014 #4
It's OK. We live in a post racial society Don't believe what you see. n/t Tom Rinaldo Feb 2014 #5
IMO Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #6
I don't see it as humorous. Law enforcement ignoring white crime has grave consequences. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #7
This thread should have more recs Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #8
K&R - two minutes must-see johnnyreb Feb 2014 #9
Wow. d_r Feb 2014 #10
Ut oh - you did it now JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #11
Duplicate. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #13
if people are acting surprised heaven05 Feb 2014 #14
+1000 JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #15
Only the stupid, ignorant populace, and in america heaven05 Feb 2014 #17
Videos like this one should be shown daily on tv.. mountain grammy Feb 2014 #16
So Sorry Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #18
OMFG PumpkinAle Feb 2014 #19
Here's another instance of this meme: black guy, white guy, white woman Vox Moi Feb 2014 #20
Shocking erpowers Feb 2014 #30
I can only say that I'm so disgusted with this country and its society. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #21
I cannot tell you how badly that pisses me off. loudsue Feb 2014 #22
Ouch Android3.14 Feb 2014 #23
Just wanted to point out.... Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #24
AGREED Mr Dixon Feb 2014 #25
+1 Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #26
i saw a similar video, with bicycles locks maybe, where a cop actually helped out the white guy. unblock Feb 2014 #27
Tim Wise and Michelle Alexander erpowers Feb 2014 #28
Unsurprised the cops got called on the black man; surprised they didn't on the white one. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2014 #29
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