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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I think I get what OP was trying to say in 14:16. Its not neccessarily about the incident that occurred but about the white people's response vs. the black lady's response. I think it more speaks to the frame of mind that each of the people were in when they responded the way that they did. The white people in this story seem to be in a more easygoing non chalant frame of mind while the black lady was more tightly wound, if this makes any sense.[/quote]

Well the white witnesses may have been more agitated if the bike repeatedly bumped them, too.[/quote]

My thoughts exactly. Of course they didn't take it as seriously as the young lady did- they didn't have a bike on them.[/quote]

Yes, but you have a lot of white people on her saying they wouldn't have taken it so hard either. You think we are all lying? [/quote]

No, but I think it's a bit silly for you (or me) to comment on how we would have reacted when we weren't there, didn't witness it, and weren't actually the person it happened to.[/quote]

I've had plenty of people shove shit at me, some of it dirty, on the metro. It's not really hypotethical, we've all been there. Sometimes I'm nicely dressed. Sometimes I'm pregnant. But I don't yell or threaten to kick anything. Maybe this particular young lady was having a bad day. I'm not judging her. I just think OP is on to something when she assumes a lot of white people would have reacted differently. I wouldn't link it to happiness.[/quote]

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