Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’

Sounds like they shouldn't sell spray paint at all if they're so concerned about graffiti. How many other products of theirs could be used for vandalism? Maybe the safest option is to go out of business entirely.

As long as we are doing this we really should ban white people from buying or selling mortgage backed securities. We have a dataset and 100% of the time mortgage backed securities and whites cause crime.

i feel like people will spray paint all over the store now...

Even if he was, are you paid enough to care?

Spray-paint tends to be solvent-based, and spraying it onto a helmet can fundamentally compromise its structure/strength.

Please don't ever use solvent-based stuff on multi-layer plastic helmets, for sake of your brain, who needs that helmet to work properly, when one gets slammed into the asphalt/concrete.

Please.

Those motherfuckers made his four-year-old cry.

I hope corporate throws the book at them.

As a general reminder, if you have fallen and the helmet took the impact, replace the helmet. If your helmet has been damaged through other means, replace it. They are not meant to be reused after keeping your brain within its skull.

Just like hardhats, you want to inspect them frequently and there is a good chance they have expiration dates. I would be cautious painting them as the chemicals may damage the integrity of the helmet, especially the foam. We always just covered them in stickers. When in doubt, check with the manufacturer.

Because white people never graffiti anything. Uh huh.

At my place, there's an artshop that has a metal fence around a spray cans and markers section that can only be opened by asking the staff. You know, not car paint or usual permanents, but specialized stuff branded exclusively towards bombing walls and tagging surfaces, like Montana. I was surprised why they even sell them if they think they are connected to crime and are afraid they are first targets to be lifted. I thought about buying them, but the whole procedure was so embarrassing and they were so overpriced. Them and Hobbycraft staff probably think they solved the graffiti problem, won the battle against the hydra of crime by that. They haven't mistaken that much in their lives. Nor in Louis case, that'd hopefully lead to consequencies, nor in mine leading to many acts of silly vandalism. Fuck them UwU

Have they used the wrong picture?

How is he black?

Or under 25 for that matter? Mf's hairline is as bad as mine.

Not that this wasn't racism, but if you are going to request ID for a product, don't put an age limit. Don't make the poor clerks have to decide that crap.

Fuck Hobbycraft! And fuck Putin!

What's the point in burying the fact that he didn't have ID. You could argue they carded you because you were black but not refused service.

He was black, and they still carded him?

Everyone knows only toys don't rack their own paint.

I'm not saying the guy deserved this treatment, but I am saying he's wearing Yeezys as a "DEI manager" so, idk.

This is the UK if yall were wondering. Still super strange, youd think theyd have had a black customer before.

I'm not saying he deserved this treatment, but I am saying he admits to wearing Yeezys in 2024 while working as a "DEI manager."

There's a photo of this guy in the article. He looks white. Maybe the lighting in the photo is way off, but I have a hard time believing that they profiled him based on his appearance.

Edit: The photo in the article is a good representation of his appearance. Here's another one.