# Have You Ever Been Mistaken for "The Help"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509 "2014-12-17T18:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509/13 "2014-12-17T19:56:02Z")
So the fuck what? These are supposed to be valid examples of racism? I guess if you spend a lot of time thinking about it and looking through that filter. To a hammer, everything looks like a friggin’ nail. I was asked if I was a valet a couple of years ago while waiting at an unmanned valet stand. I guess I was the victim of racial profiling (I’m white). And I’ve been asked if i worked in numerous stores as I walk up and down the aisles dressed in a dress shirt and tie. Again, I didn’t know I was supposed to be offended and feel victimized. As for Michelle being asked to get something down from a shelf, maybe it’s because she is way taller than most women and many men. Oh no, can’t be that. It must be because she’s black. What a couple of miserable people. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-mistaken-for-the-help/707509)._