I have too. In fact my son was pulled from his car after being surrounded by police, thrown on the pavement and had a gun to his head because he resembled someone else driving the same type of vehicle.
I'm white and yes it happens to us too.
So that just says to me that people still experience discrimination and you don't have to be black either. However, when some folks paint a picture of black people living high off the racial preferences hog, I really have to wonder where these people are.
Let me tell you the whole story then. We moved into a new development middle class neighborhood about 10 years ago. It was 6 in the morning. My husband drove out first with our daughter. He drove past the policeman, as I passed that same squad car I see blue lights. I pulled over (apparently my husband didn't see what was going on). The policeman approaced and asked "what are you doing here?" I replied " I live here"... well what could he say then. He said ...uhh, you have thirty days to change your city stiicker (the same type of sticker on my lovely husbands car) ... nuff said. Alot of people will come up will all types of explanations to the story but ..come on..
"I have too. In fact my son was pulled from his car after being surrounded by police, thrown on the pavement and had a gun to his head because he resembled someone else driving the same type of vehicle.
I'm white and yes it happens to us too."
Yes, I have been pulled over and approached ant gunpoint because my car and I matched a description. I have also been followed in stores and treated like dirt by punk register jockeys. But I don't assume its because I'm white. I figure its because I'm so good looking. :-}