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@ai6yr @evangreer @drewharwell Sadly true, and my situation was more just mild inconvenience and WTF than anything BIPOC have to deal with, with the actual risk of death they face as opposed to just a risk of argument

Although that's one reason stuff like this (and I have quite a few stories) gets to me even now that I don't *intentionally* try to stand out with my looks so much - that it happens to people who are just trying to live and go about their lives

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@ai6yr @evangreer @drewharwell and it's one reason why I hope this case gets facial recognition AI stopped, at least to a degree. No one should have to face *anything* just on the basis of an error or unfounded suspicion - not embarrassment, not a police encounter, not nothing