What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Illinois
My brother, a friend of ours and I went to a liquour store yesterday and attempted to purchase alcohol. When we got to the checkout lane, one cashier insisited on us coming to her lane. My brother, my friend and I were the only African Americans in the store and I could tell by her attitude that she had something against us. The store wasn't really crowded and there was only one person at each register.
So, my friend and I go to her lane, while my brother goes to the ATM. She does not even begin to ring his things up, and asks both of us for our IDs. My friend gives her his license, and then I give her my state ID. She tells me that she will only accept a license. Remember that my friend is the one making the purchase. I never touched the alcohol.
I glance over my shoulder and see a White woman with two young girls, I assume they are her daughters. They have a cart with about six cases of beer in the cart, and the girls are pushing it. The two of them are between 10 and 13. I ask the cashier if the two girls will be carded and she responds by saying something like, "Those are children with their mother." I respond by saying that my friend is my father. So she gets pissed and tells us she is not serving us.
After that, there was a nasty exchange of words between her and I. Then she called the security guard and he asked us to leave. He actually wasn't a jerk about it.
So can businesses selectively card people when buying alcohol? Is a state ID insufficient. Are children exempt from being carded? Are minors not allowed in certain liquor stores? Are you only carded if you look like you may be old enough to drink?
I'm am furious about this. This type of thing has happened to me many times before. Some White people in positions of power abuse their authority and unfairly hold me to a higher standard than White people. It's frustrating when they stay within the law even though they are blatantly being racist.
What can I do about this? Can I sue? I want the place to go out of business. Oh, also, my friend said they do this all the time to African Americans, if that makes a difference.
My brother, a friend of ours and I went to a liquour store yesterday and attempted to purchase alcohol. When we got to the checkout lane, one cashier insisited on us coming to her lane. My brother, my friend and I were the only African Americans in the store and I could tell by her attitude that she had something against us. The store wasn't really crowded and there was only one person at each register.
So, my friend and I go to her lane, while my brother goes to the ATM. She does not even begin to ring his things up, and asks both of us for our IDs. My friend gives her his license, and then I give her my state ID. She tells me that she will only accept a license. Remember that my friend is the one making the purchase. I never touched the alcohol.
I glance over my shoulder and see a White woman with two young girls, I assume they are her daughters. They have a cart with about six cases of beer in the cart, and the girls are pushing it. The two of them are between 10 and 13. I ask the cashier if the two girls will be carded and she responds by saying something like, "Those are children with their mother." I respond by saying that my friend is my father. So she gets pissed and tells us she is not serving us.
After that, there was a nasty exchange of words between her and I. Then she called the security guard and he asked us to leave. He actually wasn't a jerk about it.
So can businesses selectively card people when buying alcohol? Is a state ID insufficient. Are children exempt from being carded? Are minors not allowed in certain liquor stores? Are you only carded if you look like you may be old enough to drink?
I'm am furious about this. This type of thing has happened to me many times before. Some White people in positions of power abuse their authority and unfairly hold me to a higher standard than White people. It's frustrating when they stay within the law even though they are blatantly being racist.
What can I do about this? Can I sue? I want the place to go out of business. Oh, also, my friend said they do this all the time to African Americans, if that makes a difference.