Shopping while black

"I realized I was being accused of being a thief, I was being accused of stealing."

"I was a 55-year-old, middle-aged black woman and I didn't deserve that treatment."

"I no longer go into stores where I feel uncomfortable, or purchase from brands that drill that kind of behavior into their employees."

"When a salesman at a popular beauty establishment commented that my name sounded “tribal” or a clerk at a Fifth Avenue establishment informed me upon entry that they don’t carry anything “someone like me would be interested in,” I asked to speak to the manager"