OT Babysitting While Black

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Luckily white women are never just plain old nutty. That proves she must be a regular old racist.

Oh wait...

 

[Chris Craig]

In these types of situations, I'd err on the side of caution.

Don't see anything wrong with it. I mean if I was taking around two black kids or white kids around and acted defensive, it would look really suspect as well.

Don't they have that campaign "if you see something suspicious, say something".

She saw nothing. A guy with kids...happy laughing kids...she's nosy and nutty if not racist. If the kids were crying, in duress, being shoved into the car or something. No, happy kids having some subway with their babysitter. People need to not make assumptions. They could have been his adopted kids. Etc. Etc.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

She saw nothing. A guy with kids...happy laughing kids...she's nosy and nutty if not racist. If the kids were crying, in duress, being shoved into the car or something. No, happy kids having some subway with their babysitter. People need to not make assumptions. They could have been his adopted kids. Etc. Etc.

Other people said he looked suspicious. Child abduction is real. Its better to report suspicious people, especially if they are defensive.

It seems she was being polite and a good citizen.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Other people said he looked suspicious. Child abduction is real. Its better to report suspicious people, especially if they are defensive.

It seems she was being polite and a good citizen.

I was at the gym earlier. There's a see something say something sign in the locker room.

If I see any guy throw a paper towel on the floor or something similar I think I'll rat him out. Hope the first one I see is white.

I also hope people don't notice me looking at them in the men's locker room.

 

[dviss1]

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Oh, stop it. Some guy eating Subway with some kids (they have Subways in Walmarts? Weird.)? That sure seems suspicious. And then he got gasoline?!? Oh my god!!! What's next? Is he going to drive them to soccer practice?!?

I see people with kids of different race all the time. Never ever occurred to me to cross-examine them. If I bent down and asked the kid,"Do you know this person?" I'd expect trouble.

This seems to be because he is a black man. If he were a white man, or an even an Asian man, with two black kids I'm betting the farm no one says shit. Mr Lewis was forced to convince the officer he was an okay dude. To me that is degrading and unacceptable.

The only suspicious person in the story was the stalker lady.

@EL PRESIDENTE would call the police on me if he saw me holding my nephew's hand while crossing the street because that looks "suspicious" ....

Newsflash: Black people are smart enough to know WTF happens to us if we harm a white child...

I really wanna curse you out right now but it's against forum rules... Instead I'll just leave this right here...

 

[BrianFromWA]

I’m hoping everyone on this board sees this woman as 100% wrong and that she’s a racist nut job. I hope.

Can she be 100% and not be a racist nut job? I had a neighbor come talk to my wife concerned that we had our 8y/o and 7y/o riding bikes unsupervised down the cul-de-sac in front of our house, which is in a dead-end development. At least she came to talk to us...many people are going straight to 911 or CPS. That makes them people making bad decisions in their nosy life, and while there's a non-zero chance that she hates black people, I think it's non-zero that she's just a tattler and not the brightest upstairs.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I was at the gym earlier. There's a see something say something sign in the locker room.

If I see any guy throw a paper towel on the floor or something similar I think I'll rat him out. Hope the first one I see is white.

I also hope people don't notice me looking at them in the men's locker room.

How about if a black guy gives you "the look" in the sauna

 

[dviss1]

I was at the gym earlier. There's a see something say something sign in the locker room.

If I see any guy throw a paper towel on the floor or something similar I think I'll rat him out. Hope the first one I see is white.

I also hope people don't notice me looking at them in the men's locker room.

Think about this for a sec... That's a sign created by a tenet created by the police.

Police see their partners do crooked shit everyday and don't say anything...

 

[dviss1]

Can she be 100% and not be a racist nut job? I had a neighbor come talk to my wife concerned that we had our 8y/o and 7y/o riding bikes unsupervised down the cul-de-sac in front of our house, which is in a dead-end development. At least she came to talk to us...many people are going straight to 911 or CPS. That makes them people making bad decisions in their nosy life, and while there's a non-zero chance that she hates black people, I think it's non-zero that she's just a tattler and not the brightest upstairs.

This is why this shits gonna continue to happen...

Why did it look suspicious?

Does my picture above look suspicious?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Think about this for a sec... That's a sign created by a tenet created by the police.

Police see their partners do crooked shit everyday and don't say anything...

Snitches get stitches.

 

[dviss1]

So, this is wrong.

But I get El Prez's point.

Here is the key and where both parties could have made a better decision.

First, the lady is just assuming the racial differences are questionable without any regard to behavior or posture. It is one thing to start to question if they are sullen looking and unhappy and if he seems to want to have a hand on them so as they wont run, type of thing. But per the article, they were laughing and joking and having fun. Kids in danger don't do that and she should have dismissed it right then and there.

So, she is wrong to even confront. However once confronted, the babysitter could have disolved the situation within seconds. Yes. I cant imagine how deep it sits when someone becomes a victim of this type of racial bias, or any racial bias for that matter. It wont go away though. As sad as it is, it wont go away without turning the other cheek. I'm not saying ignore, but treating those filled with racial hatred, with pure kindness. This is tough I know. Im a victim of feeling hatred towards those who exert bigotry like this. My best friend is a minority and so I have witnessed it up close. I watched a cop target him for no reason and set him up.
With that said, the babysitters reaction fueled the fire. We need to figure out how to put the fire out, not add to it.
Once he showed that standoffishness he became suspect.

Sorry I gotta call bullshit OB...

The babysitter doesn't owe her SHIT and shouldn't have had to answer the questions in the first place. Can you even try imagine having to go through unimaginable shit like this daily?

See this is the privilege that you enjoy that I do not. This would never happen to you. I DO babysit my little, white, blonde, and redheaded nieces. In public. Maybe once a month I'll have all three of the kids above and we'll go to OMSI and other places. This shit could easily be me one day.

What makes her think she should intervene in their situation? She should mind her goddamn business like she would've if a white child was really being abducted (see the video below). Low and behold who are the ones actually saving the child here?

See, black people in general don't really harm white people. Conversely, we actually protect them. So MFs need to stop being so damn scared...



The actor in the video (doing the abducting) is a well known conservative talking head.

 

[dviss1]

This is literally fucking KILLING ME RIGHT NOW....

Watch that video above!

They staged that abduction for HOURS!!!

 

[dviss1]

She saw nothing. A guy with kids...happy laughing kids...she's nosy and nutty if not racist. If the kids were crying, in duress, being shoved into the car or something. No, happy kids having some subway with their babysitter. People need to not make assumptions. They could have been his adopted kids. Etc. Etc.

Watch the video above @Chris Craig.

 

[Chris Craig]

This is why this shits gonna continue to happen...

Why did it look suspicious?

Does my picture above look suspicious?

Your pic looks suspicious man...I mean a black guy wearing a tie

 

[Chris Craig]

Watch the video above @Chris Craig.

I watched it

 

[dviss1]

Unfortunately I hear stories about men being questioned in general. Our society doesn't trust men, and that distrust goes into overdrive when kids are involved.

This is simply not true.

They staged that "What would you do" abduction for hours people did nothing.

They did nothing for HOURS...

 

[dviss1]

Your pic looks suspicious man...I mean a black guy wearing a tie

Lol, I have one on right now.

 

[Chris Craig]

This is simply not true.

They staged that "What would you do" abduction for hours people did nothing.

They did nothing for HOURS...

I hear a little girl screaming for help saying this is not my dad, I'm stepping in like those guys did. I can't believe all those people just walked by. Those dudes weren't playing either. They were straight gonna take that guy down.

 

[Chris Craig]

Lol, I have one on right now.

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Imma

Nice

 

[jonnyboy]

What a bitch. I understand being suspicious if something looks wrong, especially now days, but what was her justification? Her spidey senses only start tingling around minorities apparently. A nosey racist old hag having a bad day is a scary thing.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Just because someone else said they thought it was suspicious does not make all of them racist. If someone is going to abduct a kid, they are definitely not going in public. Double that with black adults and white kids. You think there would have been an amber alert blowing up everyone's cell?

No action led to her believing something was wrong except color of skin. He could have let her ask the kids if he knew her, but why should he? I see lots of different situations for childcare. Personally, I would have thought nothing of it. Definitely out of the norm, but nothing to be alarmed about.

Try living where everything you do is questioned. It is not very fun.

 

[hoopsjock]

Plain and simple it's wrong to see a black man with two white kids and immediately question it like something is wrong. It doesn't matter how the guy reacted in this situation because the situation is bullshit. There is a big difference between actually being suspicious and being suspicious because you are black. Shit like this pisses me off because there are lots of white people who respect and don't profile black people. There are tons of reasons why a black man could be with white children. What if he had adopted them or if he was their stepdad and had to deal with shit like this everytime he left the house with them. Fuck that!

Just fucking treat everyone with some decency.

 

[Further]

Can she be 100% and not be a racist nut job? I had a neighbor come talk to my wife concerned that we had our 8y/o and 7y/o riding bikes unsupervised down the cul-de-sac in front of our house, which is in a dead-end development. At least she came to talk to us...many people are going straight to 911 or CPS. That makes them people making bad decisions in their nosy life, and while there's a non-zero chance that she hates black people, I think it's non-zero that she's just a tattler and not the brightest upstairs.

There are different types of racists. There is the kind that hate blacks, ,and then there is the kind that simply assume Blacks or any race behave in some particular way, especially a negative way. She may hate Blacks, but she almost certainly sees Blacks as not on equal footing to whites. Even so, there is a more than zero chance I am wrong, he could have been holding a machete or wearing a tee-shirt that says child rapist. But those are just very very very unlikely. The bar t have an opinion thinking that they woman is racist isn't a zero percent chance, its just whats highly likely. making excuses or not condemning such flagrant racial profiling is BS.

 

[Lanny]

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Oh, stop it. Some guy eating Subway with some kids (they have Subways in Walmarts? Weird.)? That sure seems suspicious. And then he got gasoline?!? Oh my god!!! What's next? Is he going to drive them to soccer practice?!?

I see people with kids of different race all the time. Never ever occurred to me to cross-examine them. If I bent down and asked the kid,"Do you know this person?" I'd expect trouble.

This seems to be because he is a black man. If he were a white man, or an even an Asian man, with two black kids I'm betting the farm no one says shit. Mr Lewis was forced to convince the officer he was an okay dude. To me that is degrading and unacceptable.

The only suspicious person in the story was the stalker lady.

Hey, it's Georgia. You are not a resident of Georgia. Water-Oil, Decency-Racism, get it?

 

[Lanny]

Unfortunately I hear stories about men being questioned in general. Our society doesn't trust men, and that distrust goes into overdrive when kids are involved.

I don't trust men and I'll tell you why.
Women say they have sexual thoughts too. They have no idea. It's the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing it. If they knew what we were really thinking, they'd never stop slapping us.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Lol, I have one on right now.

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I have this tie

 

[PtldPlatypus]

With as many "minority" nannies as are out there--and are portrayed on TV and in movies--I don't understand why even a clueless redneck would bat an eye at white children with a non-white adult.

However, while it's clear that she wouldn't have questioned a white man, I also wonder, would she have been suspicious if the children were with a black woman? Is the issue actually BWBAM?

 

[Propagandist]

I'm surprised this isn't something nearly all of us could agree on. Kind of surprising in a bad way.

 

[Chris Craig]

With as many "minority" nannies as are out there--and are portrayed on TV and in movies--I don't understand why even a clueless redneck would bat an eye at white children with a non-white adult.

However, while it's clear that she wouldn't have questioned a white man, I also wonder, would she have been suspicious if the children were with a black woman? Is the issue actually BWBAM?

Black kids with a white guy?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Black kids with a white guy?

Good question. I don't know.