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Shop workers don't know who Ashanti is, Racially profile her
Ashanti opens up about being racially profiled while shopping in New York City
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Ashanti opened up how she’s experienced being racially profiled while shopping in New York City.
“You know what’s the worst thing? If I have a hat on and sweats or glasses and I’m chillin and I go into a store, you may get someone follows and says, ‘oh may I help you?’ When they find out [who I am], they say, ‘oh that’s Ashanti, that’s Ashanti, oh my gosh how are you? Would you like some champagne? How may we help you?’”
Ashanti says she was a passenger on the New York City subway only one time in her life, but it was an experience that she won’t ever forget.
“I did [ride the subway] one time, and the one time I was with my mom and I had to be 12 or something… and I got mugged,” Ashanti said. “I had on a gold chain, a roped gold chain, and this guy pushed me through the turnstile and snatched the chain off of my neck. I was so mad that I threw a Snapple bottle at him! I was so mad.”
“I had to go to a police station, pick him out in a line-up, and then I found out he had my chain in a napkin and was selling it on the corner.”
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