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What we have here is a seemingly generic white reporter talking to a black resident of the Houston area about the very tragic floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. As their conversation concludes and they prepare to part ways, something unexpected and amazing happens.
A+ caption on that tweet. A+. No white guys nail daps like this. And to do it on live television? I felt secondhand anxiety knowing it was coming. Talk about putting the generic white guy franchise on your back and making things happen.
The chance he makes the handshake to dap transition so flawlessly in this way is a one in a billion shot. This had awkward, caught-in-the-middle, not knowing whether to shake, bump, dap, or one-shoulder half-hug written all over it. Not on this guy’s watch, though. He initiated the standard handshake but stayed at the ready in case it wasn’t ending there. And it didn’t. And the outcome was beautiful.
I don’t know if these two ended racism or if the water began subsiding around them after this magical encounter, but things are looking up in Richmond, TX..
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This is how I imagine a young Dillllion shaking hands with the Baskin Robbins manager after a solid interview for an after school job
You learn this move at a young age going to public school in South Louisiana
Where’d you go? Fontainebleau High for me.
Thibodaux, aka “The High”
Proof that Houston is so much more than the backwards, racist (our mayor is black as you all probably now know – shoutout to Sylvester for the phenom job this week), homophobic (our last mayor was a lesbian), Trump loving (Harris County voted blue), Big Oil supporting (okay, this is true) city most people who’ve never even been here assumed it is.
Sylvester did kill it this week didn’t he? Now if we can get through this gas crisis I keep hearing about we’ll be back headed in the right direction.
Stellar job. Anyone who second guesses any of his decisions can kick rocks
The folks that criticize him for not ordering an evacuation are nuts. I can’t imagine how difficult a decision that’d be.
I can’t stop watching this gif. So beautiful… so flawless.
If anyone knows that reporter tell him I said “sup”. Smooth af.
With the maintained eye contact and everything – just flawless
Thanks Dillon and reporter, for starting a dialogue.
I wouldnt call this a dap, its more so a”brother handshake”. A proper dap would be some type of fist bump.
beautiful brother! Oooh YEAH!
“WE DID IT!” – all the white people