Black Professor Arrested for Breaking into.... His Own Home

[zhukora1]

Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (who is black), has been arrested for breaking and entering into his own home. Police were called by someone suspicious of Gates' attempts to get into his house after his front door became jammed. Gates was cuffed and hauled away in spite of his attempts to show the cops his ID and proof of residence. He was

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[rockahulababy]

My brothers and I were famous for the numerous different ways we would use to get into the house when we were locked out. I remember one time, one of my brothers got a ladder out and got onto the roof of the porch to get in through the open bathroom window on the second floor. I was honestly amazed we never had the cops called on us, to be honest.

[createamonster]

Hah. My friend did that in the middle of the night once. The conversation pretty much went:
"Oh shit, you forgot your keys?"
"Don't worry, there's a ladder in the back yard."
"...What?!"

[doctoreon]

The two times "do you know who I am?" are appropriate are the one you mention and when you have amnesia, basically.

[switchercat]

we have a Black President now, so that tired old ship has sailed

Oh indeed, centuries-old systematic prejudice and privilege obviously ~sailed its last voyage~ on Nov 4. Farewell HMS Racism!!

[switchercat]

I don't remember where I got the source pic. It's a variation, I think there are several similar drawings -- this one comes to mind, but it's a bit different. Does that help any?

[somatosensation]

Those dumbfucks should be fired for that line. Just because Obama is president, doesn't mean that racism is automatically over. DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY GUYS.

[dreaming_faerie]

Besides, a white professor never would have locked himself out of his own house to begin with.

So if you're white, you're exempt from this sort of thing?

[lysimachia]

That's such a weird thing to be racist about.

[anothertwoam]

I must somehow not be white then, because I lock myself out on a near-weekly basis...

[lilituc]

I don't think that person has ever actually met a professor.