But the (black) Detroit college student hawking bottles of cold water from the curb to passing traffic gets a lauding newspaper write-up & is shown admiringly on national TV newscasts, and no harassment from the cops or officials.
Link for the written story; couldn’t find a link to the network story we saw.
Not saying this is right or wrong; but just pointing out the other end of the spectrum:
Minority; adult; loudly harassing/haranguing/distracting drivers; people stopping in a travel lane (already stopped for lights, MAYBE) and buying water through the passenger window, gets a pass. Young, non-minority girls quietly selling from a table in their yard get shut down. BOTH selling sealed, commercial products, not home made.
Am I wrong to infer discrimination stalking the land?
“Don’t forget garage and yard sales. Can’t even put something out in front of your house on the weekend and sell it without a permit.”....
Lemonade stands, cookie stands, yard sales, ebay sales, etc.......It’s all about taxes folks. The gubment doesn’t get their share when these small enterprizers go around the gubment.