CNN reporter says he takes extra precautions when knocking on doors
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2023
- CNN's Omar Jimenez, who was arrested on-air while covering protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, describes what it's like to knock on doors in places that "don't have a lot of Black people."
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Privilege is invisible to those who have it.
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
You are so completely in the thrall of the current 'privilege' narrative that you have no idea how inane you sound.
Sometimes victimhood is also a privilege.
ANYONE who knocks on a strangers door should take a step back, it’s called respect.
@@PabloTheThinker yall allways bring up Chicago. Stop the bullsht. U don't give AF about Chicago 😂😂
Odd. It's also invisible to those that don't have it too.
Omar Jimenez is as clean cut as your average young professional comes and yet he still experiences discrimination. So, what chance would a black man with locs and baggie clothes have? Racists don't care if your hair is short and you're wearing a three piece suit. All they see is skin color.
I used to date a 6’4 VP of a major bank. He wore a suit practically every day to avoid the “black man threat” stigma. He was nervous in jeans, sneakers and a sweatshirt and that’s sad! 😢
For black people our skin color is our weapon . So we are always armed.
It doesn’t matter if you’re “suited” or “saggin” ALL THEY SEE IS BLACK!!!🤷🏾♂️
@@deniseeugene1852Yes in the racists' eyes we as black people are born a crime.
@@stephenanderson1594 As I ponder things. White people taught us everything we know about violence . Going back to the cowboy and Indians .
No more how well dressed, well spoken, intelligent or respectable you are, as a black person, male or female..... especially males, you will be viewed as second classes and a potential threat at some point.
I just don't care what they think never have!
Jackie Robinson faced actually racism and he succeeded. If he can do it, so can any other black man.
Please... nobody cares about your skin tone anymore. The VAST majority of people do not care.
It’s okay to be white
@@davidnorthern0219196 Well you should, you ought to attempt to uncover the secret of the hatred.
Yeah there are words, systemic racism, indoctranated hate and unjustified bias. Stop giving bullies a pass....sue their ass.
They will shoot you anyway. On the porch, off the porch, on the sidewalk, while jogging, while playing in a park, while sitting in your own home...
What do you call these kind of people? the criminals
Facts. All of what you said is documented in the archives.
exactly! that's why I stay strapped with a Cannon/ bullet proof vest penetrator ..24/7!
@@alanblackmon4325 indeed very sad
If you’re black: You can be in your own home eating ice cream and someone can come in and claim they were in the wrong apartment and kill you dead and get away with it.😢
It’s a sad reality. When people deny it exists… they know they’re lying.
Grew up being told by education that prejudice is all over and other lies that help people deny
That's fairly true, yes. That said. I'm pretty sure that any stranger knocking on a door in one of the _'stand your ground and shoot the intruder'_ states has cause to be careful. That seems like an America problem, more so than a black or white problem. But I do agree that dark skinned people have to tread that much more carefully. Unfortunately it's a multi faceted and complex issue which goes deeper than mere primal racism. A certain negative reputation preceds dark skinned people in the US and you can't blame it all on racism. People are genuinely scared of black people. They're not just discriminating because they don't like their skin tone. I think that also is a problem which needs to be addressed if this issue is to be dissected honestly. Which it definitely deserves. This is a huge problem. And too many completely innocent black people are suffering due to this. You won't defeat this by shouting at it and calling everything racist.
Maybe stop committing violent crimes?
@@ivareskesner2019 you have said it all-and I think I have the underlying problem-poverty-generational poverty-which Lincoln did not get a chance to address-and which Johnson did an enormous amount to address but ultimately wanted to “crack” but failed
Racism doesn't exist
We as Americans need to understand these situations and not let our whiteness keep us ignorant
As Americans, we will have to move away from a color code caste system because it's unconstitutional to relegate our heritage and country to colorism instead of national standards and names.
One in a million to have that mindset
Our whiteness? 😂 what does the colour of my skin have to do with my character?
I have my reservations about a person with a name like Manny. Manny doesn't sound white to me. Manny, can you honestly make the claim "our whiteness"?
Moat ignorant statement ive ever heard
I deliver groceries… this man ain’t lying.
Stop crying and whining please
I was a special census worker. Doing census outside census period. GOD was on my side,however, I thought of this everyday as I knocked on doors. I was in non minority neighborhoods.
My dad is mexican and my mom is norwegian and I witnessed how different people reacted to my blonde fair skinned mother over my brown skinned black hair father.people constantly insisted my dad had kidnapped me and my brother,they wouldn't listen to what we would tell them.police would come and they would treat my dad just as bad questioning him being our dad and we would be crying.it blows my mind that people justify shooting anyone because they knocked on your door accidently
@Hiedi Gonzalez, my Dad is Native American, my Mom, Irish. My fathers heritage never stopped him from over-acheiving and success. It is amazing how many programs and free sh!t is available to me just because my father is a minority.
@@carlfisher6472congrats, your father is the exception not the rule. Native Americans have been done dirty by this country, still are.
@Carl Fisher your comment has absolutely nothing to do with the post. A complete waste of time.
@@alphagamma4582 Dang, you're mean.
And Mexicans are racist toward black people also.
The thing is that we as black people tell our true lived experiences and unfortunately the majority (white people) shut down the conversation because it's uncomfortable but imagine being on the receiving end of such open bigotry that goes unchecked. If you are not a racist why can't you be part of the solution to stop any racism or discrimination.
Because they're comfortable with this racist system that benefits them. When white folks did participate in mass marches and peaceful civil rights protest in the past up until that KKK March in Charlottesville several years ago, the thought of getting killed for a just cause wasn't worth the company they profess to keep.🤕🤨🤐
Exactly! Notice how your comment only has at the time of this writing 3 likes. Unfortunately, only 3 likes for such a true and profound statement. Their silence is complicity!
@@johnclay661 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Stop it? How? I dont vouch for racists. You're on your own. I can say something or try to deescalate but that's a drop in the bucket. Maybe you as a black person need to convince more black people to actually go out and vote more. Change happens from the top down.
And support Black peoples confidence increasing? Where’s the “good whyte” people that’s cool with confident Black and Brown men and women walking the earth as confident pink and pale men are allowed to walk, say yeh?
This brother makes me proud. I hope he goes very far. I find him inspiring and yet I worry about him being singled out as he pursues his excellence.
Singled out for what. He makes more money than 80 percent of whites people and the whites should be scared of blacks because blacks commit crimes against whites at a way higher rate than the other way around which the lying media wants you to think
Lol
I was always clean cut, college-educated, FBI security clearance, and no interest in any wrong doing. I was routinely assaulted physically and detained for questioning in my front yard. Reading a book in the park or carrying a briefcase were considered suspicious.
One day I was arrested but it was more like abducted. While making a stop to buy lunch I was immediately taken into custody. I could hear the officer plotting to charge me with an unsolved murder. I tried to tell them my biggest clients at the time were the Justice Department, CIA, US Marshal Service, and the Treasury Department.
When they realize I had never been arrested and I did have a security clearance. They obviously thought charging me with murder was a bridge too far. They had to do something because I was already in jail. Instead they opted to charge me with felony threat against a police officer. It is a very serious crime but a convenient charge for a bad officer because it requires no evidence other than the policeman's word.
It took two years to clear my name and in that two-year interim I lost my security clearance and the business that I took years to build. Mission accomplished .
The small settlement that I received in compensation for the inconvenience didn't measure up to one of the government contracts I had lost.
A great education, substantial earning power, and a FBI security clearance provided me no insulation whatsoever.
The official scrutiny was certainly bad enough but when your new neighbors don't take a chance to learn who lives in their community and decide to call the police I think it's wishful thinking. In their mind how could it be possible that I belong in a house twice the size of the house they had just moved into.
After Decades of this kind of abuse I feel some satisfaction in seeing the success of so many black people but this kind of scrutiny and abuse has worn me down. Eventually, I stopped coming outside. Looking for ways to earn a living without coming out to run the gauntlet. This was absolutely devastating to my standard of living. I started hiding in my basement. Hiding not only from misplaced official legal scrutiny but the devastating effects over Generations done to others who have been turned into predators in the impoverished neighborhood where I now live.
Make no mistake about it I feel like great progress has been made but I also feel cheated. I remember not being able to use a public toilet in 1962. However, the notion of getting a great education and working hard did not payoff in my case. In many ways I think it attracted the scrutiny that would eventually destroy me mentally.
What a horrible criminal injustice inflicted upon you, a man of integrity, an upright man. Bless you for surviving and for continuing to move forward best you could.
I'm African and black, this kind of story make me hesitant about moving to the US. Perhaps UK or Canada may be safer or even China. Sorry for how horribly you were treated and pushed from grace to grass by the same system that encouraged you to work hard.
@@francisarinze6928 I don't mean to discourage you and your American journey. However, these are things to consider. Along with understanding that the hatred in this country is directed at African-Americans or in other words the descendants of the American slaves. Also many of those descendants have literally been driven insane by the caustic environment and they are dangerous.
America is a country that a person can get a great education and then work hard and achieve anything in less than a decade. The former slaves prove that when in less than a decade out of slavery many of them were entering the middle-class of American lifestyle.
After being stripped of their names, history, culture, religion, language, and Humanity they were able to start picking themselves up in less than a decade. They were becoming Bankers, professors, congressmen, Senators, scientist, and they had already mastered the skill and trade crafts. The first self-made woman millionaire in America was a black woman.
This progress was an insult to white supremacy and every effort was made to undermine and destroy our progress. The Hundred Years following slavery were absolutely terrifying. During slavery you had some Financial value because the master had to pay a mortgage on you. After slavery successful black people were tortured and murdered for entertainment. Thousands use to gather to watch and then compete for souvenir ears and fingers. Then the black mutilated bodies were put on display as a warning to other black people that success can get you killed.
Beautiful successful middle-class black communities were literally wiped off the face of the map because their success was an insult to white supremacy.
Our dilemma is these very hateful people are mixed into the population. Even most white people find them repulsive and show up the protest this new rides and racist white nationalism.
If you want a good understanding of this element in our society. Take a look at former president Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis the governor of Florida. The king of racism in America was the radio talk shows hosts the late Rush Limbaugh. Trump was a New York Crime Boss and DeSantis whose mother was an immigrant who could have been turned away because she was illiterate now is head strong against any immigration.
These factions are gaining in power and their constituents are heavily-armed and highly motivated. They want to take this country back to a time of their unearned privileges.
Barack Obama's presidency was, the straw that broke the camel's back, as they say. Many people feel their country has been stolen from them. What made matters worse was that Obama was a great father and husband, extremely efficient and a solid intellectual. Most of them probably got nauseous just listening to How eloquently he spoke.
Rest assured you have many more white people in this country who really don't give a damn what color you are. The people who you might think would be racist instead of showing up at your house every time is the football game on. America's come a long ways from the days when I couldn't use a public toilet or enter through the front door many businesses and government agency. It was against the law so progress has definitely been made but, we have some ways to go.
I've been to Africa many times it makes me appreciate America in so many ways. However, if I had it to do over again I would certainly have a house somewhere on the continent.
It's called RACISM!
Works both ways . I’ve lived in Detroit
@@descendanttravels7639 See what I mean
@@unclemike5840 u missed the entire point ….. once again …. Smh
@@descendanttravels7639it’s a way of life for them … smh
@Just my life matters
If there is no such thing as racism. Then we wouldn't need the word period. But it is part of the english language.
I am a dark skinned, bald Indian man. People have called the cops on me for being on my own front lawn after dark. And for taking a walk at night in my own neighborhood
Made me laugh because it's so absurd, but really it's not funny. There unfortunately are a lot of humans with disgusting ideas, thoughts and prejudices
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I am so sorry you have to go through that. I am light skinned and my husband is Nigerian. So I have to watch my dear husband be treated in all sorts of ways due to programed mentalities of people.
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The young man is so level headed and down to earth
It’s dangerous being a black man in America. You have to be extra careful how you present yourself to people
Being a Black woman is even more dangerous. We endure the same amount of racism that Black men face with the added sexism, misogynoir, misogyny & hyper sexualization that comes along with being Black women. Strangely, our largest threat is our own men, with a bm killing a bw every 5 hours in this country and its not even something our own culture wants to acknowledge.
The world is a dangerous place for everyone
Then stop going around and beat up others especially Asians
@@richwayne2614 No, it's not.
@@tnt2054 Where are your facts to prove that we go around beating up others, especially Asians? I'm not concerned about what you learned watching Fox News. You have not provided any peer-reviewed facts to prove your point.
I pave roads, and sometimes we need tap water from someone's house. I tell my boss to send somebody white. I ain't doin it.
Nah go knock 😂😂 racism doesn’t exist in America 😂😂😂
@@realphillystreets Dusty & Dumb 🤣
Im a Utility Contractor as well... Ive had the Police called on me 11 times when i lived in Iowa.... In 2 years for Trespassing... Cops would show up and detain me until my yt colleagues showed up
@Lo Livingston that's how it is. Half of those same white coworkers probably tell everybody there is no racism.
@@realphillystreetsRacism is not funny I'll pray for you.🙏🏿
He is reminded that he is still black and his job doesn't matter who or what he is doing.
So True So so True
That’s something these black cops learn every single day trying to be white . You can have 10 slave patrol badges on to them You’re still a N .
Careful, slick..
We do NOT want them accusing us of pulling out the "BLACK Card", now 👀..
Dr Umar "being saying this shid the longest", but folks can't seem to wrap their heads around this simple fact. uurgh.
This is really sickening. We as black people are human just as white. Unbelievable!😮
Maybe don’t murder us so often, then things may change?
We shouldn't have to do that we all are Americans and we've been singled out.
What's sad is a black reporter gets arrested, but a white reporter, his colleague, doesn't get arrested. This country is sad.
WTF?! NEITHER of them deserved to get arrested. It doesn't matter either way. Racism is alive and well in the minds of police. But they were both doing a job and he was mistaken as a protester. And THEY don't deserve to get arrested either!
Sadly, it seems that many people who bring up racism illustrate such bigotry & hypocrisy towards black conservatives on a consistent basis.
Notice the blk repoter DIDN'T resist, run, flee, attempt to disarm the police....
See: something CAN be learned from even this *cough-cough* "news station"
@@FaxChecker-rq5yv are you aware that some people suffer from anxiety, PTSD, some have experienced previous horrific situations at the hands of the police, some people are on the autistic spectrum and are very sensitive to tactile sensation and having strangers touch them is very intolerable, some people suffer from complex untreated mental health problems and they are unlikely to be undiagnosed and untreated in poorer communities, and especially in the black community. Running or fighting back while under arrest is not an admission of guilt, it is simply a response to the fight or flight instinct that even white people experience but their lives are respected enough for the police to not kill or assault them. So let that be the lesson for you, not you trying to shift the blame again to the black people that die at the hands of the police.
It’s disgusting and despicable!
He said it as eloquently as possible being a black man in America can be very scary no matter your pedigree or credentials.
With respect. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the very people he claims to be afraid of he's spent and stills spends the majority of his time around. He's on a major network getting paid a 6 figure salary. Where do you think he lives? Do worry I'll wait...😂
True
@@indigophantom5428That went right over your head...or you're intentionally gaslighting as per usual with your bigot lots.
@@kayade5305 With respect his comments didn't go over my head. They're tired, redundant, and disingenuous. I wonder what his experience would be like going to knock on doors in the hoods I've lived in. Bigot? Towards my own people?...lol. No I'm tired of perceived racism being used as a political tool to gain power and influence. This man has and still does live around white people in predominantly white areas. He's not afraid of white people nor racism. It's ridiculous. Call me when he does a story on the steady drum beat of children being killed in our neighborhoods.
@@kayade5305you didn't make any sense. All your kind does is gaslight and namecall then flip it around without any points
So sad…….he’s such a great reporter. He definitely deserves a pay raise and an award for his coverage off that horrific day.❤️🙏🏾
Disgusting that racism is still alive and well in this day and age 🤢
I’m a single dad and it’s ridiculous that I have to give my son instructions on how to come home alive.
Sadly 😢, I overstand it too well 😢. All of my children got "the talk"😞. 2 young Men and young Woman 😠. This is AmeriKKKa👹👹
Keep giving the instructions because it is sadly necessary! 😢🙏🏾
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Please do have those conversations with your family/kids ! Now , now - you all under stand , We are being War ed upon ! NO JOKE ; you, regardless of who you are, your job, your suit, your clothes, where you live, what kind of job you have what kind of house you have! If you are a African-American in America, be WARE !
I am 41 and have two kids. I am of anglo-saxon descent. I just want to say i'm sorry America is like this and I pray for the future Dr Martin Luther King Jr talked about. He is one of my heroes along with Mr Rogers, Pat Tillman and others
I remember seeing him get arrested on TV. I could see his media badge. This was a violation of his First Amendment rights. Minnesota Police arrested him and murdered Philando Castile and George Floyd. He had to be careful that he wasn't next.
Exactly. I remember when he got arrested on live tv too.
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
I'm sure if he would have resisted he would have been put in the same situation. But he complied. I'm sure if 90% of the victims of police killings would have complied, they would still be alive.
@@PabloTheThinker you mean the justified reparations?
@@suzabakingbaked7975 How the hell is violence, destroying property, and vandalism reparations?
It would be good to see policemen who do openly witnessed racist things like that being ordered to go on national TV to explain their actions. Else be fired instantly without pay or compensation and be barred from public office.
Wow, all Josh had to do was say who he was, and he was allowed to go about his business. You were arrested!
Damn shame! Those officers have an agenda and should have been removed! Period!
Police are the original Slave Patrols..
So right. One of my neighbors’ workman comp check came to my house. Instead of placing it back into my mailbox for the next day, I decided to go around the corner to deliver it. I was just getting home, so my kids were in the car. I walk up the stairs and before I could ring the doorbell, the angry white man flings the door open ready to go off on me, without knowing why I was there. I just knew my kids were about to witness my death. I handed him his check and told him why I was there and he felt real small. He didn’t apologize but said thank you. I said never again will I do that. It will go into the mailbox and let the postal workers do their job.
Yes, let the postal workers do their job and you get to live another day.
Next time throw his mail in the gutter
Don’t be that nice next time, do I as did. Throw it in the trash.
Wow, that makes me queasy just thinking about how you must’ve felt 😞
C that's real Fkd up smmfh chit like that makes me want to snap on a bis. But you had kids there and u did the right thing god bless you honey, but it Makes me PO.
We're tired of it. My grandmother having to live her whole life seeing racism still affect her great grandchildren is pretty sickening.
It's really sad to see that professionals like Omar Jimenez and others in 2023 have to go to such lengths to avoid the dangers of racial profiling and discrimination. It highlights the systemic nature of racism, where even someone with a high professional standing or impeccable appearance is not immune to the negative stereotypes and biases perpetuated by white American in society. It's important for all of us to acknowledge and actively work to dismantle these harmful beliefs and behaviors that are toxic to our society, so that no one has to live in fear because of the color of their skin.
This is the America they don't tell the world about.
This is the America it has always been.
It's known all around the world, it's degrading
Lol y’all are so melodramatic and I can tell you’ve never left the country. You have no idea how did you’ve got it here.
@@LiberalsRuinEverything. You have no idea what our where I've been. Look into America's history.
It’s unfortunately known all over the world. It’s the first question I ask in my travels. Almost the first point of conversation. It’s so tiring and humiliating.
“It’s been laid out for you” Now that is a damm shame. Unfortunately many Americans no longer feel shame.
and that is the danger of new age racism.
and that is the danger of new age racism.
@@travelingjohn69 New age? When did the old age of racism end?
@@DarkNJuju Look at racism back then and look at racism now.
@@travelingjohn69 You mean back when a white man could kill a black child and get away with it. Can we say George Zimmerman? Or when cops could kill black people and nothing was done about it? OR the time when Doctors believed that black people had thicker skin??? What exactly is different?
That a gentleman of color who is far more polished and eloquent than myself should be treated in that way under those circumstances is entirely inappropriate.
A professor back in 70's said profession, degrees, education, does not matter. They look at skin color first. This is 2023 and still this is going on. Dr. Henry Louis Gates on his own porch.
Black guy here. Used to have to knock doors for a sales job. White guy I worked with used to hop over or just open the front yard fence. I was like, “Yeah I’m not doing that.” He laughed and was like, “Understandable.”
The reason I don’t believe in my country is because in America we seem to deny racism exists while projecting it relentlessly. Leaders are bought, freedom is sold, and we give people the power to make rules that benefit themselves under the guise that it protects us collectively. Every time I leave with my caregiver, people either wanna hug him, or hide their purse. It’s very sad.
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
@Andrew George 💯💯💯
F**k Chicago😮😅
@Pablo they do, almost everyday were in the news for 4 - things. What they don't tell you is that white people do the same crimes at the same rate as black people. But you don't have to have that flashed all over the news. So the image of us is already tainted. You can't blame the many for the actions of few. If that's the case, I'd be petrified of white people. But I don't have to worry about that. I have to worry about their fear of me causing my death.
@@PabloTheThinker I think they're still talking about the rioting at the capital.
I'm a blond white skinned black woman. My mother was chocolate black. We witnessed first hand the "white privilege" treatment. We wised up quickly. Anytime she needed anything done or any special privileges, I'd pave the way. Worked 100% of the time! It was painful & pleasant simultaneously. We'd laugh & cry about it each time 😂😢 because I wasn't always around & I knew how "they" treated her😡
Creole?
Creole?
*Saywhatnah? Just say your mixed.*
You can get Royal treatment in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 or other Latin American countries
What is a "white" skinned black??
I remember this and this young showed so much class and intelligence during that time. And still does his professionally. Bravo to this young man 🥹
Having absolutely nothing to do with being black that's the proper way to knock a door
It's called working while black. Sad that as black people we have to legitimize our existence in public spaces. One wrong move can cause your life.
Just being in public is probable cause of a crime.
This is so sad and heart breaking....
My grandson is a beautiful young black teenager. He can be walking down the road on his own minding his own business, if a police car sees him it will double back and drive slowly pass again.
Yet we have gangs of white kids with balaclavas on and the police ignore them😡
We also have the same in shops the security card will follow us around because he's with me, yet I'm white. It makes me physically sick
And on top of all that many people deny this happens
Welcome to racist USA.
Well maybe it's time to back home.
I’m so proud of CNN reporter Sir Omar Jimenez, for his wisdom and street smarts and of course excellent work ! Love him !
Thats why we need to have our own news stations, own hotels, businesses, our own media, our own Wall Street etc. We also NEED to STOP calling ourselves BLACK. WE are African Descent. We also need to drop Massers last names and adopt our own African last names.
That's called racial segregation...
As a black man it pisses me off where society expects ME to make women and others comfortable when I am in their presence, yet, no one goes out of their way to make me feel comfortable.
Beta cuck behavior
Damn right about that!
As a black woman I feel society needs a cleanse. We are to make each other comfortable. That's you do when you love each other. Everyone holding on to so much anger but no love is heading no where.
Such first world problems
THAT PART!!! Who makes us feel comfortable?
I'm sad about this. America is at a new low.
No… we never left the low.
Is it really new?
We has man come in and make everything about politics and same man say he didn’t care for government aka trump . He play his ppl good
@@anthonyb2223 So it was Trump who won that started it all and not the losers?
Really.. I figured slavery and fighting a civil war to keep it was our low..
As a society, we should be ashamed
Unbelieveable… pray and be vigilant!! We appreciate what you do!!🙏🏽🙏🏽
I had a man put his hand on his neck, and he did a sign to tell me he slice my neck off. I am Hispanic with an afro. I was not scared. I told him to come out of the car. However, it is horrible to be treated like this in 2023.
This is a great conversation, however the Country will just continue to say nothing is wrong and black people just making up racism in this country. 😢
I do this too. People don’t like strangers knocking on their doors.
I saw that man get arrested on CNN when he was an obvious reporter. One of the most heart breaking scenes I’ve encountered. A reminder of how no matter what I achieve, it can be taken away in a moment.
It is absurd that a man of color HAS to be this cautious…and ignorant Americans are the reason for it. I’ so very sorry!!! 💚🙏🏻☮️☘️
I'm 39 year old black male...when I was 7 my mom had the talk with my 6 year old brother and I about being black and how we'd be perceived in certain neighborhoods when we would go there. There was a health food store my Mom like to go to in the 90s which was in a predominantly white richer area. Also she had the talk with me 13 my brother 12, about being black teens and how to properly interact with Cops and she MADE us take turns sitting on the couch in our living room and we had to act out getting pulled over. This was in 1998. Needless to say it saved my life when I was 16 and got pulled over and again at 17 when a Cop in that SAME rich predominantly white city stopped me at gun point, threw me against a brick wall...and illegally frisked and emptied my pockets...while asking "where's the gun, where's the drugs".
Well I went to high school in that city. I was outside a restaurant waiting for my 16 year old brother to get off work...he came out n told me he'd be another 15-20 minutes. I walked across the street to a pay phone (2001) to tell my Mom we'd be 15-20mins more late for dinner...the altercation with the Cop happened when I was walking back to my parked car.
After the incident I was allowed to pick my belongings up off the sidewalk...The reason the Cop gave me to humiliate, disrespect, threaten, belittle a 17 year old kid like that was because there were car thefts in the area and I fit a description.
I said what "5"11 and black?!" I then told him how I attended the rich white school, was on the honor roll, athletic council and Captain of 3 sports. I name-dropped the Judges name and other powerful families and politicians because I was friends with their kids. I then invited that Cop to come up to the school to our football game that Saturday to see me put in a show if he didn't believe me."
That was not the last time I was stopped at gunpoint illegally.
I have also had several good situations with Cops. They are not all bad, now racist...but some bad apples sometimes spoil the bunch... especially when good cops cover for the bad ones.
Its our daily life. Trust me 99% of blacks know to be careful. You have those they know but are tired and dont care. But noone cares because racism benefits them.
A lot of those anti-brown/black individuals are in this chat trying to justify the harassment and abuse.
@@4316Rambo see what bugs me is that as black people we have to rattle off our credentials/accomplishments to say hey we’re safe , we belong, we’re not the boogie man/woman /child we’re worthy of your respect , Will this disrespectful under constant suspicion ever change?, I fear not , not in my lifetime or my children 😩
@@annkovacs8027 you are correct that is so sad that we have to lay out what all we've done in order to get a cop off of our back when they pull us over.
I’m not even a reporter yet have always done the exact same thing no matter if I know the resident on whose door I’ve knocked or not … and definitely find such sentiment relatable as a black man.
This will NEVER change.... when you've been pulled over just walking....in your own neighborhood....
Yes, the extra stress black people have to contend with in this country. Let's say the extra trauma
Some of it’s made up, don’t believe the hype
You wanna swap out with an African?
The stress is enough to trigger a mental break!!!! Enough America!!!
Go back to Ghana guys.
N thank you for being someone who recognizes this. I saw a girl who said she was relentlessly applying for jobs n just to test the waters she put that she was white instead of black n finally got a call back for an interview n that was sad af to see. Same person same qualifications just changed her race & bam! N I’m at that point of frustration in applying where I’m ready to do the same to see if people are really this shitty.
The CNN Tag was handing off your pants. They didn't care to know who you were.
Wrong place to wear it, he needed to clip it from his collar or wear it on a lanyard
@@WDUJSayis that where Josh Campbell’s badge was?
@@WDUJSay 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
For extra precaution, don't wear a baseball cap or hoodie at a protest rally....and where was your microphone. Not like any of this would make a difference
@@WDUJSay it doesn’t matter where he wears it. He is looked at as a criminal either way.
And some of them would act like this is a figment of our imagination!
White folks will complain that he's talking about this.
Well said Omar Thanks for speaking up on this.
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He's full of shit
Im truly sorry that black people are always streo typed for nothing i have the highest respect for your profesionalism.thanks for your service.Blessings.
I know someone that works at the post office, and I couldn’t believe it when they told me about when they first started working there that the black carriers didn’t deliver the mail to the nicer neighborhoods. They could only deliver to the “hood “ or lower income neighborhoods. And how at the front window ( where you buy the stamps), that they only had the white people, or the light skin black people working. I was so shocked 😮 because I never even thought about something like that happening at the post office. The thing about it is that racism is so subtle. It’s the little things that are done to you without you even realizing it. It’s like death by a thousand cuts.
I deliver groceries, and I do the same thing, so ppl won't be alarmed and attack me. It also gives me space to run in case I need to.
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Sadly, you have to do that to deliver groceries that They F-ing Ordered! 😢
😢sad be safe
@@1angryferretableYES, AN INDIVIDUAL ORDERED, ALAS SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIVE WITH OTHERS AND DON'T NOTIFY THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT THEY DID/TO EXPECT A DELIVERY.
AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO DELIVERED WITH DOOR DASH, THEE **INSTANT** I REALIZED I COULD BYPASS THE STEP OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE BAG(S) ON SOMEONE'S DOORSTEP, I WOULD FLYYYYY THROUGH DELIVERIES!
I ARRIVED, HOPPED OUT WITH BAG IN HAND, MOVE WITH A PURPOSE TO THE DOORSTEP... EYES ON SWIVEL THE ENTIRE TIME, LOOK FOR ANY RACIST FLAGS/BUMPER STICKERS ON VEHICLES IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, SET THE FOOT DOWN NEATLY, RANG THE DOORBELL SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY PIVOT MOVING WITH A PURPOSE BACK TO MY CAR. THE SECOND I WAS IN, I LOCKED MY CAR DOORS, WAITED UNTIL THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO PICK UP THE FOOD, I'D SMILE AND WAVE... THEN LOG THE DELIVERY AS COMPLETED, AND OFF TO THE NEXT ONE.
THERE HAVE INDEED BEEN MALICIOUS ACTS TOWARDS DELIVERY DRIVERS... AND I CHOSE ACTIVELY NOT TO INVITE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME SOMEONE'S VICTIM.
IF THEIR WALKWAY WAS TOO DARK AT NIGHT, I WOULD STAY SAFELY IN MY CAR, CALL THEM, ADVISE THEM THAT I WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY SEEING MY WAY TO THE DOOR, AND BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK A LAWSUIT IF I FALL, THEY COME OUTSIDE TO MEET ME TO GET THEIR FOOD. I WILL NEVER RISK MY LIFE FOR A JOB AND WOULD CARE LESS IF SOMEONE TRIED TO CLOWN ME AND SAY I WAS SCARED, AHT, AHT... I AM SMART ENOUGH TO BE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT, SADLY, I CAN NEVER ASSUME MY SAFETY IS GUARANTEED.
😂😂 Sad but funny
Lawsuit racial profiling
I designed private label for a major department store in the mid 200’s. We were having our annual friends and family week coming up. As employees, we were allowed to shop and put items aside to wait for the actual sale to began a week ahead of friends and family week. My “white” so they thought, light skin black colleague and I decided to shop and have things put away for us. We were shopping in the same department however, we had different sales help. The sales person I was working with had started to wrap and ready to put the items away for me. Then the sales manager (white older woman) walked over and tells the sales person who is helping me that he could not put anything away for me. Meanwhile, my friend and assistant walked over next to me. All of his things had been put away for him. In the middle of this conversation with the sales manager, so I asked the manager why is it my assistant could put things away and I’m not allowed to? She just held her ground and said “You can pay for it now and we will hold it for you”. I said I don’t want it. I don’t want any of .
Wow! I actually do the same, ever since I was a kid. I just didn’t want people to feel threatened.
For as much as bigots like to make black people out to be animals, listen to how he describes these situations. He's speaking about how any person would act when in the presence of a dangerous animal.
In the process of dehumanizing black or other people, bigots dehumanize themselves. If anything in this world classifies a human as being as low as a base animal, it's the willingness to take a life except in genuine fear and actual real self defense. Not this some kid rang my doorbell or some lady pulled into my driveway bullsh@t excuse self defence garbage.
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
@@PabloTheThinker yes when they finally charge all the Jan 6 insurrectionist including trump!
@@PabloTheThinker Everybody already knows you bigot MF"er.
Unless you live in Chicago you have nothing to worry about.
They are not going to travel to whatever backwood holler you are living in to bother you.
Not been paying attention to Chicago I see. Wish they would cover the white lady that was beat by a bunch of thugs. But we don’t go there do we?
@@PabloTheThinker they’ll talk about it after it actually happens. They’re gonna talk about Fux News defamation settlement next, though.
That guy deserves a raise. He risked his life through all his coverage of the riots.
He sure did I remember when they locked
EXACTLY "hazard pay"!!!💯💯💯💯
Yep! This is reality of being black in America.
for what we know now, if you are still with cnn, please do not expect Americans to believe a word you say.
A recent republican president has pumped up the fear in this country in several ways. But racism in the Republican Party is an age old characteristic and has been publicly spoken of by Republican representatives. I can not tolerate it and I would vote for any and every form of consequential punishment for racial discrimination, profiling, or hateful remarks. I am sick to death of racism.
Democrats lynched black folks for decades
Yeah it was just democrats who wanted to keep slavery 😂also our president wanted to keep segregation because he didn't want his kids going to school in a "racial jungle" the democrats are the ones CREATING the division in America not Americans or racists its the democrats f
You're the Party of Slavery! You're the Dixiecrats! You were the ones spraying water hoses on the blacks in the 60's! Nothings changed! Don't ever think it has!@
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
Racism started with Democrats and still exist within it 🤷🏿♂️ not only in the Republican party.
We should all be embarrassed about our conscious and unconscious racial bias. It is drilled into our heads from childhood.
I don't know any other country in the developed world that is so obsessed with labeling and stigmatizing people by their skin color so blatantly.
I've had friends introduce me to people saying, "This is my 'black' friend Fred.
I always reply, "I am not blind, I can see him. Just telling me his/her name is enough."
But, you can see that when the same person introduces you to another white person, he doesn't say, "This is my 'white' friend, John."
It is very frustrating.
When someone makes a note of someone else's skin color they are tacitly implying that they are superior to that other human being. And, that is shameful.
Are they going to talk about the rioting in Chicago?
Not been paying attention to Chicago I see. Wish they would cover the white lady that was beat by a bunch of thugs. But we don’t go there do we? I think profiling may keep you safer in todays day and age😊.
I have never ever in all my life heard someone introduced by their skin color. This story is pure BS. The people that are constantly highlighting race, belong to networks like this one and the political left. Ex, “if you don’t know wether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
@@chrismartin5450 civilians yes... Cops no...
Unfortunately Black people aren't racially biased for knowing our history and being mistrustful of a violent oppressor.
Man, if this guy is having problems, then ain't none of us gonna live in peace here like never freakin ever.
I remember that. That was absolutely crazy.
You shouldn't need to make someone feel comfortable. That person is violent.
Yeah I’m not responsible for your level of comfortability
But it is the legacy of white fragility and racism that FORCES black people to make a white person feel comfortable; just to stay alive…literally, in some cases.
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Umm in every human interaction we need to be cognizant of how we’re making other people feel with our presence. That’s not about race. Smh
@@kenyafromcali 😂😂😂 you're making me feel some type of way. Delete your comment and show that you're cognizant.
Here’s a “black” guy was racially profiled and still won’t call it what it was absolutely disgraceful.
That is so crazy. Strong man.
A man in a suit is different than a young kid
Too true
The very 1st Instagram post I ever created and posted was immediately after watching in horror, as Omar got arrested. I was terrified! I prayed and cried. Then, decided to do the only thing I could to add my voice to the fervent demand for justice.
This is not how it should be. This is horrific 😔
Republikkkans made it this way
It’s called “living Black in AmeriKKKa”!🤪
Right...and it's been like this for Decades. It's finally just all being recorded...the racist Police calls to get Cops on scene, the Karens, DWB, illegal stop and frisks and searches while walking...all of it
This is who we are
I remember watching you get arrested in real time, and my heart sank.
This young man is absolutely amazing !
But yet we keep on voting for a party who continues to write bills that protects everybody else, but us.🤦🏽♂️
Very good point.
@@jimreimers4213
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@@jimreimers4213 that's not a good point because what other party cares. What's the alternative. It can't be the Republican party thst does nothing about gun control and we keep having mass shootings almost every day. When you find the answer let me know.
We don’t need protection WE need black folk to get in those positions to represent black folk and our interests and the Democratic Party is the only gateway at the moment.
@@dorothygamble9144
This is why the Blk community will always be a laughing stock because we have the mentality of helpless children who can’t do anything for themselves and that’s EXACTLY why the Democrats treat us with the most BLATANT disrespect.
Can you explain why the Democrats have given UNEARNED benefits and created various legislations for every other minority group but us?
I already know the answer(NOTHING)but I would love to hear what you gotta say.
The loss of privilege feels like prejudice to those who have had privilege.
Amen 🙏🏾
That's a shame this happened to him!! So glad he's still here!! Praying 🙏🏿
This is a reminder of how much anxiety blacks have to deal with on a close to daily basis.
I won't go to estate sales or yard sales in areas IDK nor will I participate in door to door fundraising. Playing "Among Us: Racists or White Supremacist Edition" is hard enough already.
Yea probably a good idea fo da whoite folk to stay out of the hood too huh?
America needs to heal from this sickness before it destroys it.
Before America can truly heal, it first has to admit it's sins against humanity, especially the black race. When we insist on removing the history of slavery from our schools, we are attemping to ignore or erase an entire race of people. The funny thing is, they say we are alll descendents of Adam/Eve and that Africa is the Motherland. Well, both Adam/Eve were black. Jesus had wool hair, olive sin and feet as bronze. Go figure.
America is destroyed. And it must be allowed to die. It is the birth of a new age, and the devil's time is up. This is his last hurrah! Peace and love.
It's been destroyed by racism!
the wounds are not healed
It's never going to happen. Racists hate for no reason. They are devils.
Actually, at that moment you absolutely can put the situation into words. BLACK IN AMERICA 🇺🇸
Those are just a few choice words to start with 😡
Been doing that for 40 years - knock on the door and step to the side or off the porch.
I thought I was being paranoid: apparently not.
Im an Aussie. This breaks my heart, whatever happened to humanity and respect? Wake up America, the world is watching
They watched pre Civil Rights and also post Civil Rights still not much has changed
@@ctgal9698Exactly!!
Humanity and respect?!? 🤨🤨 Do you know what happened to the people on these lands for the US to become what it is now? Respect was never a factor here.
It's funny how Australia has the same type of blueprint of bigotry and racism flourishing throughout the culture there. "Aborigines" and the killing and stealing and slaughter if them by the whites. As well as the denial of the elites and govt in that nations history. 🧐💀 *Rabbit proof fence*
Sad thing is America doesn’t care. Why do you think they elect these conservatives like the Majorie Taylor Green, a Ron Desantis, just to name a few
I work at a private company. My boss is a whiteman. And theres a big difference in how my boss treats a white customer than a black customer. I was like 'wow' is this real.
It’s real
Is this your first time experiencing this!? You're not saying anything new ...why are you surprised 🤦🏾♀️
@@tashafrasha prob young
Yea racism is real lol, ive seen black and Hispanic people do the opposite to white people.
America as a country you have my thoughts and prayers
Im not ringing any doorbells. You better be ready and outdoors when I get there 😅
Land of the "free" just not for some.
And America claims they don't see the difference?
The simple fact that one has to take such precautions speaks for itself.
i almost always step back when ringing a doorbell anymore its universal now.
Omar J. must bring his parents much joy. Very intelligent, professional, and articulate. Hopefully, it will be a model for other young ppl to follow.
Offenders trying to make their victims think they are the alleged offenders.