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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
It's not even just the police, it's society in general.
In school other kids would constantly touch my hair without my permission, it was like I was some kind of zoo animal. It happened from elementary through University, after Jr. High it was pretty much exclusively girls doing it).
Before I met my wife, I tried online dating and at least 1 of 3 comments were something about BBC or saying they'd never been with a black guy before.
I get followed in many stores by staff.
I've been pulled over 3 times this year, twice asked if they could search my car. I complied because I had nothing to hide and who knows what would happen if I didn't. I've never had a single demerit on my license, hell I've never even got a photo radar or parking ticket. I've been pulled over so many times in my life that I lost count. I've been assaulted by having my head slammed into the hood of my car and had a gun pointed at my head.
I can't go for a walk without at least 1 person yelling some kind of slur at me.
Systemic racism is definitely a problem, but so is good old fashioned regular racism.
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This all happened in Calgary? If not, where were you experiencing this?