Nelson_Gremdella t1_j86krut wrote
Reply to comment by skrewballl in White Punks on Transit by [deleted]
>How difficult can it be to find a Black person who rides the bus by necessity and not by choice to talk to? Or a Black transit advocate?
What exactly is it that upsets you about this article?
Why does the article have to feature “a black person who rides the bus by necessity and not by choice” for you to understand that the issues described in the article regarding the transit system apply to everyone and anyone who uses the transit system?
Look, I understand you are coming from a good place. As a white person, you don’t want black people to get shit on and all that. We all feel that way.
However, this article isn’t it.
If anything this article is bringing real issues to light that affect “black people that have to ride the bus through necessity,” which is good.
The reason why more “black people ride the bus through necessity” than white people is definitely not an article highlighting very real issues bus riders face…
Right?
skrewballl t1_j86mnjh wrote
i think the point is that you are just being way too literal about this in a situation where OP was to me kinda leaning more towards the general idea that the banner was taking a page out of the suns book (paper lol) by just not representing the community. and if its obvious enough for someone to think about and question, its worth talking about. instead OP was kind of just battered around about their question mostly without it ever being answered. and that to me is one of the insidious parts of strucural racism. if we all just figure that what the white people are saying is the same as what other races might say because those are the people that the publication is aimed at and its a general issue, then it just makes an echo chamber for one dominant groups perspectives.
sorry for the crummy formatting but i think im finished with this lil spat, nice talkin to ya!
Nelson_Gremdella t1_j86pu3z wrote
I hear what you’re saying, and like I told the OP, I believe you’re coming from a good place.
I just feeling like this is overshooting, and continuing to do so will just delegitimize any real issues this city has with poverty.
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