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Arrested Outside a School Dance

And that's what it's like to be African American.

April 26, 201814:01Jason
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David12:01
And, um, this was a fucking— this was, this was something else. This was an experience I will never fucking forget in my life. First of all, we went into the Mercedes dealership, right? It was 9 in the morning. We were the first customers there. So everyone w…
Jason12:52
Really?
David12:52
And fucking did— he did nothing. He wasn't even filling out paperwork. He would, he would get up, go to the cooler, go back to his phone. He didn't fucking care about us at all because I was a kid and this was in a suburb, right? This was in a suburb of Chica…
Jason14:01
And that's what it's like to be African American.
David14:03
Yeah. Oh, okay. I thought you were saying I'm African American.
Jason14:06
No, but I mean, that's what it's like to be like African American all the time. Like to just be like, yeah, I mean, in a small way, you know what I mean? Obviously it's not as bad, but I'm like, that's how it feels.
David14:14
I could guess. I thought it was a really— that seemed like you were trying to get that analogy out this entire podcast and you're like, here's my shot. This is it.