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Racial profiling happens in the Court room as well in Ontario. Public servants such as judges and public safety officers/investigators treat non-white individual very poorly -- their decisions are bluntly biased against non-white claimant. (These are my first-hand accounts.) There seems to be no justice for non-white demographic groups in this province.

8:17 BEST BUY Hello people Just before the COVID 19 pandemic struck our Country, in the United States of America. My son and I were shopping at Best Buy. We had more than five or six different people ask if we needed assistance. My Son would say no thanks, and I would ask each one that did ask if I needed help, to help me. That associate would show me where to look, then try real hard to get away from me. This happened at least five to six times. All six times, I said yes. Finally, they stopped asking me and continued to ask my son. The reason my son would say no thanks is because he was just looking. I, on the other hand, had questions about what I wanted to buy. They did a great job answering all of my questions, however, when it came to buying what I wanted to buy most of all of the associates had either left the area or went home, because I could not find anyone when it came down to purchasing the items I wanted, only to find out what I wanted was made in China, They no longer carry the product, in their stores, or online. However, they still had the items on display; however, you just could not buy them. P.S. We are white.

What happened in best buy is not racism. I am white and they allways ask, if I need help to find a product.

I’m white as a sheet and American. I was followed around an Arabic leather store and treated like a potential shop lifter. I was exchanging a jacket. This happen in the Riverwalk Mall in New Orleans.

Can’t wait to see CBC show that whit3 people can be discriminated against. But that will never happen because CBC says only white people can be discriminatory.

Racism happens to everyone... even white people but no one cares about their experiences.

I had that happen to me in store and IAM white

I wanna see what happens if they had white face on then make the great reveal.

I'm white but once I talk to my family is evident I'm Hispanic. Victoria Secrete is notorious in my book for doing this. I get followed every single time. Just for looking at stuff or testing the perfumes. I feel really uncomfortable when it happens.

I tried truly wonder why white folks moved away? It's like a great white flight???? and..... then bad things happen? Gtfo

It happens here in America. I got on one front end manager and I called the store manager on old white women and pregnant and pregnant white women no one else.

Do we take the white guy to minority areas & see what happens? We already know that people get treated/ profiled against in Canada/America/ Mexico

It happens to white folks as well everyday just the same but that’s ok because they are white right?

The dude that doesnt think racisim happens in canada lmaooo cause his white asf THATS WHY

I am Living in Ottawa I am white, I lived here my whole life and now I am a minority I deal with different races all the time and I do feel that I am being pushed out of my country different ethnicities treat me with disrespect I was growing up with Canadian culture of respecting everyone around you but I fine with all these different cultures coming in I’m losing my Canadian identity and it is a lot for me to hold strong onto the values as of what the Canadian is and I’m a fourth generation Canadian I see what’s happening to our veterans I visit my grandfather every other week and I see all the different nationalities that are PSW‘s and nurses And I really mean no offence but we have a different level of respect we have a different way of talking and these different nationalities coming in they all click together and some of them they treat the men who built this country with such disrespect please listen to meand I’m really not Trying racially profile this is been happening for the last 15 years and I’m not being silent about it Canada is freedom of speech Canada is being strong enough to speak up I mean this from the bottom of my heart if you’re coming into my country that my grand parents built for me and my children can you please give my children the opportunity that you were now taking from them and I see how they treat our veterans I see how difficult it is for seniors that didn’t have a placement in our homeless I see that all of our government funding is now going to people that are now immigrating into Canada and they’re being able to start up small businesses have four bedroom townhomes in their children to schools and drive them and fancy SUVs can you look around us and see somebody sold Canada

These videos are created by weak people because they're weak and the problem here is this happens to everybody every single f****** store I go into and I'm white as Casper and one of the least intimidating people you will ever meet in your life and yet I am followed all the f****** time so don't make this about race you're just a f****** piece of s***

It's like being a white person trying to find a job in a gas station or franchise in Surrey. Not going to happen.

So if the white man is offered assistance by an employee then they're just being helpful.. Now if the same happens to the black man, then it's horrible racism...

Years ago I was looking for an apartment with my girl-friend and we looked at a great place and being white we didn't even think twice about being discriminated against. Oddly enough the woman (who happened to be middle-eastern) didn't want to rent to us because we weren't married. Just goes to show that people are silly for all sorts of reasons and none of them are good.

This is very unscientific compared to other Marketplace investigations. i have had worse things done to me by hispanic security guard at Safeway. I am white. i refused to provide my receipt to guard who singled me out after this happened to me multiple times, see below. they detained me for 15 minutes. I called the Berkeley police. Instead of arresting them for false imprisonment Police told me I was banned from store and would be arrested if I return. I have video. Wonder if that would go viral? No, I’m white. Also accused of stealing by Asian american deli workers at Safewat in SF. I have video of that. In that case black security guard backed me up in my claim that I brought in the rye bread from outside that I asked my sandwich be made with. At another Safeway in SF the Eastern European deli manager got the black security guard to single me out to produce my receipt. I showed it to him. A few days later I saw a black man walk in that Safeway and go to the expensive cold drinks area, open a bottle and start drinking it. I alerted the store workers but they refused to ask him fir his receipt because they had not personally seen him steal it. I had nit stole anything but that did not prevent them from asking this white dude or accusing me falsely in 3 different Safeway stores.

I think subtle racism is actually a very practical type of stereotyping and it didn't just got created out of air, there is a big chunk of that specific race (be it any race according to the stereotype) who actually prove the stereotype to be right. I am from india, living in Canada and if some house owner would prefer a white guy over me to rent their house, I would not blame him since a lot of people don't like the smell of spices that we cook all the time.\n\nAs far as stereotyping is sublet and not rude or hurting, I don't think it's actually so much of racism rather then preference.\n\nI just want to make it clear though that I do support racism, whatever is happening in US and a lot of other countries which is violent is a very horrible thing. Specially black people being racially profiled everywhere including malls and by the police themselves.

Also happens to white people all the time

This happens in most countries, while they are busy harassing the black patron, the real thieves are having a field day and they are usually white.

I’ve had this happen, I’ve been profiled in CVS twice and while I’m being profiled I’ve watched a White guy on one occasion and a black guy stealing like there was no Tomm. \n\nLol.. I didn’t say anything to management but I get close to them and say,” I see you and you know you wrong.” They stop and walk out.\n\nI’m sure they come back later but for a few hours I foil a theft.

It's funny white people getting angry that the tables are turned and COLONISATION is happening to them ??????????????

So what ?\nArent there any white or black gangs ? This is just another gang but it happens to be enforcing Sharia law. \nBut no matter what we need to destroy salafiism.

Soon there will be reverse discrimination. Over time more immirgrant will be owning businesses and Buildings. They will be saying no to whites. They will tend to rent to their own kind or of similar culture. Racism and discrimination can go two ways. This is already happening in some areas.

Grow your hair and your facial hair out when your white and see what happens, you'll get the same treatment, I know by experience. In the U.S.A. that is, I don't know about Canada!!

OK, so what happens when a white man goes into harlam to get an apartment..... You get thrown out and mugged in the street....... Fact

I wanna see what a spanish or black manager with the same strategy and watch what happens. I am the minority in my town and I am white, and trust me I get treated the same as these people but worse. Usually people look out for their own race sometimes its not right but people are dragging out this white people treating colored people wrong, when in fact if I went to mexico in some areas ill be shot dead and thats facts.

ALL THE WHITE FOLKS GIVE THIS A TRY, WALK AROUND A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD...... THAT'S IT, JUST WALK AROUND, YOU'LL WISH THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS SOMEONE FOLLOWING YOU,

I've been treated worse than this and I'm a white guy. That's Oklahoma for you. It happened to me in Dallas a few times.

This test is a bit flawed. I’m white and I have been profiled my whole life. Get rid of the preppy looking white dude a put a white guy in there that has a couple tattoos and your entire test falls apart. With my tattoos I guess you can say I’m a colored person as well.\n\nStereotypes are true... How do you think they become stereotypical. That’s exactly why I get profiled when I enter a bank, store or even a police station. Cops are more prone to pull me over and I understand why. Does that make it correct? No. Is it something that is real and I understand why it happens? Yes..

Lol this has happened to me and i'm white. Some store owners paranoid af

Wow amazing bestbuy offering a customer help I've sat in that store for half an hour waiting for someone to ask me this very question and I'm white, it never happened

Wasn't Canada originally inhabited by Aboriginals? What happened to them how did it get so White?

And a white guy and his wife also a fifth generation CanadianI know w ere followed by a black security goon in a drugstore run by a Hindu- in Vnacouver!!!!-----I. agree that this happens to people of colour but people of colour also have their power tripping tendencies especially when they are given security jobs at airports or similar and they can be surly and aggressive as well!!

White people do get discrimated also. Unfortunately it might not occur as often as other race's get discrimated against, but it definitely happens. But I just think it's not really reported as often even though it should be. Regardless of the race no one deserve to be treated negatively just because of their race & skin complexion.

Any person of colour in Canada already knows this reality. Only people that need 'convincing' or 'proof' are white or white-passing folks. Why is it so hard to just believe minorities when they keep telling us this is happening.

No this is what happens when rich white people want their homes cleaned children cared for and yards cut for 50.00 They started it..Now it’s exploded

Jihadi Justin is virtue signalling like an idiot and will see what will happen if you let in ISIS people/ white helmets & cater to political Islam

If your daughter or son's when through this \nDifficult time you will care. Then you will all be crying and wondering why other people dont care about you or your lose. when mass shootings happen in the USA or in canada you want us to feel pity for you.\nMost of mass killings are cause by white people and dumb kkk and racist fucks who think this country belong to you. It's everyone country and state.

I'm a White woman who dresses well, caries herself well, and is well spoken. I have been accused of trying to steal shoes when just trying them on, and followed in stores at various times in my life. Overall, I'd say I probably do get treated better in certain circumstances, but this doesn't only happen to people of color.

These racial profiling can go both ways. Back and forth and back and forth. And I have been treated the same way leaving a store and alarm went off so what’s your point. And yes the guy who did it to me was the same race as myself. These tests prove nothing. All this stuff has happened to myself as well and I’m white so what should I say it’s because I’m white???

Bad things happen to people who break the law. He knew the score and took that chance. They think they will come to the states or Canada thinking they will get paid with welfare and free medical. Why can't they stay in their own country and make it better. They want to live off white people like whites owe them. They're wrong. Send him and his family back to El Salvador. He wants to live in a white country that speaks English & French but don't teach his kids or himself English or French. How pathetic.

this is what happens when you have people who don't look white living in Canada.

The problem goes both ways. While whites should respect the multi cultural society that being respected for decades, minorities should not self isolate them. Then again, if you are in Rome do as Romans do. \nThis problem arises with just one religion-Islam. What happens in middle east against minorities is a catalyst to this fear.

We were not born with any clothes or phones or guns or any freaking borders. Yet I read these comments and watch in shear amazement at how everyday people pickup the mantle of these god awful politicians. They argue how these people or that people should be sent back a few hundred miles this way or that way. Truth is, we are unwelcome immigrants in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Venezuela, Libya, and a whole host of countries around the world. Killing people to save them. Yet, after our immigration destroys their countries. We have the nerve to tell them they are not welcome in ours. Truth is the world is getting tired of people that classify themselves as white people thinking they have some god given right to tell people when, where, and how to live. People that classify themselves as white are beginning to be seen as a virus of destruction that infects this once peaceful planet. You know what happens to viruses. They run their course and then are DESTROYED.

Not all white store workers who ask you if you need help are doing so because they think you will steal. Yes, I believe you! I know it happens, but I am a cashier, and sometimes I work on self scan. During very slow times, I will see confused customers looking around, so I ask if they need help. I do that with black, white or Hispanic people. I ONLY do it if they look confused. I enjoy helping people, so for me, it's altruistic. Please don't assume all are suspicious of you. Try and know the difference between the suspicious ones vs the ones who truly care.

Lol, the funniest part about most shoplifters is that they are usually white and the only reason they don't get caught is because no one is watching them or cares if they steal. Even when a worker sees them stealing, they let them get away with it. Smdh. I've seen it many times. One specific time some white guy walked so casually into the beverage aisle at Walmart, put 4 packages of 4 pk Redbull in his backpack, and walked away like nothing happened. Another time, this white guy went to the bulk candy section, loaded up his bag, security SAW HIM and stared at him leaving the store AND DID NOTHING! This white guy I used to work with ALWAYS STOLE HIS LUNCHES and jokingly admitted that he stole cause NO ONE WATCHES HIM OR CARES IF HE DOES! I SEE IT ALL THE TIME! So you little white people watching everyone else, I hope you all lose billions since you love to watch other people and not your own, LMAO!