[P-Marlowe]

But no employee at Macy’s would ever dream of telling me what they thought I could or could not afford, because I’m white.

I bet I could dress you up so that no department store clerk would let you within 20 feet of a jewelry counter.

The question is not what the color of his skin was, but what was he wearing, had he bathed in the last week, and how was he acting?

He is assuming it was because he was black, but I'm betting there were a lot of other factors involved.

[kabumpo]

He was on his way to a significant public event, so I doubt that he was unwashed and badly dressed. Can’t you just admit that you were wrong?