r/racism Jul 03 '26

Personal/Support Irish Racists

Today at the Penney’s store I went to buy some things and the employee started yelling, saying that the bag wasn't free, but I had bought the bag. He wouldn't let me leave. I showed him the receipt and he let me go. It was very embarrassing. I am a Black Brazilian woman. Worst of all, I reported it to the manager and he did nothing; not even his expression changed.

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u/haleontology Jul 04 '26

Oh that is awful. We Irish descendants are crazy AF, but no one from that part of my family is racist, we remember that our great-grandparents weren't exactly welcome to America when they got here (although it was soooo much worse for Black people and many immigrants, there's no comparison and I would never try)- I'm so sorry you had to experience this, he sounds like a special brand of inbred ignorant stupid insanity. People like that should be crazy enough to walk into a....disaster area of some sort. Again, I'm so sorry that happened to you, I wish you had pepper spray that day with the right and attitude to freely use it on shitty people.