White woman here. Never been asked to leave a hotel lobby, but last week a couple of bell boys did ask if I was an Instagram model. I do have an Instagram but I barely check it and never post so I was just cracking up.

This list really hits home. I went to a very exclusive university, and most of the students consider themselves “liberal” but fail at doing all the things on your list. I would probably give myself a B or C judging by Michaels Criteria, which trust me is hard since I never received below a A at my university. But I…

Guys I think this is a troll. He left a mean comment on one of my posts as well. Is there someone who moderates these comments?

Oh my bad. How do you move posts? I’m pretty new here, all I see is a “Cancel” or “Publish” button when I create a post. I dont know if Michael monitors these comments, but if so can you help me out please. Thanks everyone in advance.

I think the story shows that we all go though similar things. Not saying it was as bad for me when everyone at the conference was coming up and saying “You’re so pretty, I thought you were one of the media hosts”, but I do know what it is like to be incorrectly judged.

Well I’m not sure why it doesn’t belong here. Seems pretty relevant to what Michael was discussing.

I think I can tell racism when I see it.

I know he is not popular here on the Root but have you actually seen his movies. He is a really great actor.

That video was hilarious but this is a different situation. A man was beaten. A cop doing community building does not excuse this.

Ok first I have to admit I am a white woman, but I think I have had similar experience to yours. I was attending a conference for a male dominated field and everyone kept assuming I was part of the promotional team that was running the conference as opposed to a conference attendee. I am somewhat young looking and…

Thank you. I’m not sure why “Day Drinking” reacted in the way she did but it was very immature.

Well I was just trying to make a point, you don’t have to be nasty about it. I notice you are too cowardly to respond to me directly, I do have an advanced degree from “one of those fancy schools in the East” but you don’t have to be intimidated by me.

Um hi - i know everyone is coming down on this guy but if you actually listen to some of his music he really does seem to understand and relate to the black struggle - please dont judge him just because he is white ( and dont judge me either because it can be intimidating leaving a comment on this site as a white…

its really hard for me to judge as a white girl, but I did study abroad in England for a year and it did seem far less racist

Like I said above, please dont put this on the workers at Starbucks. They really do care and want to learn, my one friend couldnt sleep all night over this

Um hi guys - not trying to be “that white girl” but I happen to have a couple of close friend who are baristas at starbucks and they are super upset over this incident. One of the them specifically texted me and told me she couldnt sleep at all last night. So please dont think the workers dont care about this…