So we have Driving While Black, Shopping While Black, Being Black While Being Black … can we now add “Riding the NYC Subway while black” to this list?
Apparently some young lady decided that a black man shouldn’t ride the subway. She blocks the turnstiles, she follows the patron and flashes the birdies a couple of times, curses at the man, and then hits the guy.
You know, if there was any sort of video recording of this encounter …
Oh wait, there is.
I’ll go ahead and say the obvious: that is fucked up, and so is Sally. I would not cry if she stumbled in front of a train…
Yeah, me neither, but I hope a few of us do, and don’t immediately assume she’s just another bleach-drinking, vaccination-decrying halfwit who has yet to discover the dignity of work or something.
She needs help. I hope she gets it, and I hope this becomes a teachable moment for America.
It’s the hope that kills you.
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