Comments by "chocomalk" (@chocomalk) on "Systemic racism explained" video.

I was at a DMV in Cali with a buddy so he could show a receipt of a $500 fine paid to reinstate his license. He had an appointment so we didn't wait long before a nice Black woman called us up. He explained the issue and she said, "no problem, that will be $500 please...cash only". He explained that the receipt was for the $500 fine and that he had just paid at the police office. To make a long story short, she said to him "look, I don;t think you understand what is going on here, if you want your license today you gotta pay $500 cash...or you can make another appointment at another DMV. Now, while you think it over, I'm going to take a 5 min break and you go ahead and take a good look around you at all these faces. Do you think anyone here is going to help you or believe you? Nope." She then went off for her break laughing with some coworkers. Afterwards she came back and said "Hello how can I help you?" He handed her the receipt dumbfounded and she said: "Well that will be $500...cash". Now that is institutional power and systemic racism. Did I mention he is white? And everyone there was mostly Black and some Latinos. Just saying it can happen to anyone and perpetuated by anyone.
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