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Wesly Michel, a black Dictionary.com engineer, surprised a white man trying to call the police while Michel was waiting for a friend.
Screenshot of Facebook screen
Updated on 09/07/19 at 16:28 PST: The employee, Christopher Cukor, has since is excused & nbsp;in one Way post responding to the incident. He acknowledged the long history of whites calling the police against blacks for insignificant reasons, but did not say he was acting out of bias.
"I'm sorry for the actions that caused Welsy to feel unfairly targeted because of his race," the message reads.
He said that for the safety of his child, for my safety and for that of the building, I felt that it was necessary to get help in this situation . In addition, I encountered intruders in my building and we were stolen several times. not rare in San Francisco and the bad actors are all different colors. "
Read Cukor's full post right here.
Topline: A white employee of YouTube was filmed calling the police on a black man who was waiting for a friend at the entrance of a building in San Francisco, the latest viral incident featuring a White calling the police to a black person for ordinary or reckless activities. & nbsp;
- The video was recorded and posted on Facebook on July 4 by Wesly Michel, a black software engineer from Dictionary.com, according to his LinkedIn. & nbsp; Cukor, working in YouTube on device partnerships, according to his LinkedIn.
- In the video, Cukor asks Michel to dial the number of his interlocutor. When Michel refuses, Cukor calls the police and tells him that he is an "intruder". Michel's friend, whom he met there, went to the building a few minutes later. (Cukor says that Michel entered the building without buzzing after Cukor opened the door to leave, a practice known as "tailgating").
- Meanwhile, Cukor's young son cries and asks his father not to call the police. "Dad, I do not like it, let's go," his son said. & Nbsp;
Google, which owns YouTube, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes. Neither Cukor nor Michel immediately responded to Facebook's Facebook messages. Forbes.
The video originally published on Facebook since seen more than 1.5 million times. & nbsp;
The video begins with Cukor asking Michel to dial his friend's number with the building's telephone exchange. Michel refuses and Cukor immediately says he's calling the police.
Michel then tells Cukor that he is recording and that Cukor will be the "next person on television". The two men talk calmly. Cukor's young son is crying, tell his father, "Dad, I do not like it, let's go."
"He said he was waiting for a friend and I asked him to dial the number. He said he would not do it. So I have no way of knowing if his friend is really here, "Cukor told the police.
Cukor then asks for the name of a friend of Michel.
"I do not care, I do not have to tell you anything," Michel answers.
Less than a minute later, Michel's friend joins them from outside. & Nbsp;
The context: Cukor's father was killed by an intruder with mental illness in his home's Berkeley driveway in 2013, and Cukor said in The Medium's newspaper post that his father's murder contributed to his "history unique".
The trendDuring the past year, several viral videos of whites calling the police to blacks for activities such as organizing a barbecue in a park, selling bottles of water or swimming in a pool, were broadcast on social networks. The callers in the videos earned naughty nicknames, became memes – such as "Permit Patty", "Becky BBQ" and "Pool Patrol Paula" – and were shared as examples of the everyday racism experienced by black Americans. Some white callers have lost their jobs. & Nbsp;
Last year, in San Francisco, Alison Ettel, a white man, called police about an eight-year-old girl selling water on the sidewalk without a license. Ettel finally resigned his role as CEO of a cannabis-based product company after local clinics and distributors stopped shipping his company's products. "Pool Patrol Paula" was arrested for assaulting a black teenager in a public pool and lost her job as a consultant in a skin care business. & Nbsp;
Key to take away: The video highlights the difficulties faced by black engineers in the San Francisco Bay area, where large technology companies reside who have made little progress in diversifying the racial makeup of their largely white and Asian. Some black techs have stated that racial biases at work and in the community make Silicon Valley a worse place to work than other poles, such as Atlanta and in New York.
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Wesly Michel, a black Dictionary.com engineer, surprised a white man trying to call the police while Michel was waiting for a friend.
Screenshot of Facebook screen
Updated on 09/07/19 at 16:28 PST: The employee, Christopher Cukor, has since apologized in a Way post responding to the incident. He acknowledged the long history of whites calling the police against blacks for insignificant reasons, but did not say he was acting out of bias.
"I'm sorry for the actions that caused Welsy to feel unfairly targeted because of his race," the message reads.
He said that for the safety of his child, for my safety and for that of the building, I felt that it was necessary to get help in this situation . In addition, I encountered intruders in my building and we were stolen several times. not rare in San Francisco and the bad actors are all different colors. "
Read Cukor's full post here.
Topline: A white employee of YouTube was filmed calling the police on a black man who was waiting for a friend at the entrance of a building in San Francisco, the latest viral incident featuring a White calling the police to a black person for ordinary or reckless activities.
- The video was recorded and posted on Facebook on July 4 by Wesly Michel, a black software engineer from Dictionary.com, according to his LinkedIn website. Cukor, working in device partnerships at YouTube, according to his LinkedIn.
- In the video, Cukor asks Michel to dial the number of his interlocutor. When Michel refuses, Cukor calls the police and tells him that he is an "intruder". Michel's friend, whom he met there, went to the building a few minutes later. (Cukor says that Michel entered the building without buzzing after Cukor opened the door to leave, a practice known as "tailgating").
- Meanwhile, Cukor's young son cries and asks his father not to call the police. "Dad, I do not like it, let's go," his son said.
Google, which owns YouTube, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Forbes. Neither Cukor nor Michel immediately responded to Facebook's Facebook messages. Forbes.
The video originally posted on Facebook has since been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
The video begins with Cukor asking Michel to dial his friend's number with the building's telephone exchange. Michel refuses and Cukor immediately says he's calling the police.
Michel then tells Cukor that he is recording and that Cukor will be the "next person on television". The two men talk calmly. Cukor's young son is crying, tell his father, "Dad, I do not like it, let's go."
"He said he was waiting for a friend and I asked him to dial the number. He said he would not do it. So I have no way of knowing if his friend is really here, "Cukor told the police.
Cukor then asks for the name of a friend of Michel.
"I do not care, I do not have to tell you anything," Michel answers.
Less than a minute later, Michel's friend joins them from outside.
The context: Cukor's father was killed by an intruder with mental illness in his home's Berkeley driveway in 2013, and Cukor said in The Medium's newspaper post that his father's murder contributed to his "history unique".
The trendDuring the past year, several viral videos of whites calling the police to blacks for activities such as organizing a barbecue in a park, selling bottles of water or swimming in a pool, were broadcast on social networks. The callers in the videos earned naughty nicknames, became memes – such as "Permit Patty", "Becky BBQ" and "Pool Patrol Paula" – and were shared as examples of the everyday racism experienced by black Americans. Some white callers have lost their jobs.
Last year, in San Francisco, Alison Ettel, a white man, called police about an eight-year-old girl selling water on the sidewalk without a license. Ettel finally resigned as CEO of a cannabis-based company after local clinics and distributors stopped shipping his company's products. "Pool Patrol Paula" was arrested for assaulting a black teenager in a public pool and lost her job as a consultant in a skin care business.
Key to take away: The video highlights the difficulties faced by black engineers in the San Francisco Bay area, where large technology companies reside who have made little progress in diversifying the racial makeup of their largely white and Asian. Some black techs have stated that racial biases at work and in the community make Silicon Valley a worse place to work than other attractions, such as Atlanta and New York.