Minneapolis, MN — A group of young Black entrepreneurs from Minneapolis say that they were racially profiled when Tom Austin, who is white, confronted them for using a shared private gym in a building where they rent office space.
The video was posted by Team Top Figure, a social media consulting firm with an office in the same building where the incident happened is located.
The men, who are young entrepreneurs, said the encounter was an example of “racial profiling and age discrimination” that they have to deal with almost every day.
In the video, Austin, a venture capitalist who runs the F2 Intelligence Group, can be heard questioning the young men if they “belong” in the building.
The men clearly explained to him they are renting office space in the same building where they’ve been growing their business for almost 2 years.
