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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are a few things to take into account.

The bike wheel was obviously dirty. Who knows where the biker had been riding.  The lady kept moving the wheel and the guy kept putting it back touching her. Personal space violation should not be tolerated.

I was always told that if your clothes are dirty, people will think you are dirty and disrespect you. Maybe she was concerned about this. There was a post a back in GP about how minority children are viewed differently when dressed down or having dirt on their clothes than white children http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/192529.page .

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We can all agree that what he did was rude and gross. But it's still not a big deal until you throw the feeling of being disrespected into the mix. Maybe she was being disrespected and he wouldn't have done it to a white woman but who knows? She didn't know that and she overreacted. [/quote]

What in the OP's story makes you think the woman overreacted?[/quote]

The first time she spoke to the biker she spoke loudly enough to be heard by men across the isle and she threatened to kick the bike. [/quote]

Are you the OP giving this information, first-hand? Also, speaking loud enough to be heard in the other aisle in Metro is not difficult. It does not constitute yelling. This guy kept positioning the bike in a way that resulted in it hitting the woman. He was being rude and was called on it. Are you equally confused when a kicked dog bites? [/quote]

I'm not the OP. The OP said it was rush hour and if someone offered to switch seats then it was crowded enough that you would have to raise your voice to be widely heard. Look, I'm not saying the guy wasn't a dick. And I said that he deserved it. But you don't yell at someone just because they deserve it. If you want the guy to stop, getting pissy is probably not the best approach to take. OP herself, who I think says she is black, seems to take this example as consistent with what she sees at other times. White people seeming more chill than black people about some stuff, on average I assume she means.  You can tell me that you would have reacted differently but I'm just saying, yeah, I'm white and I wouldn't have yelled.

Nor, however, in a million years would I have told the woman being hit to calm down or would I have bothered to come up to her after to say she shouldn't take it so hard. [/quote]

I guess you would have to be a minority to understand this. I'm black and I would've been highly offended by this guy's behavior. It's a feeling of not being considered worthy enough of consideration and common decency and it stings. This woman had every right to get pissy if she wanted to...whether white or black. And there is still no evidence that she yelled so I'm not sure why this is being mentioned.

I don't think white people are more "chill". They are oftentimes afraid of confrontation. This can be a very good thing, but it also makes you a pushover and vulnerable to those looking to prey on weak people. [/quote]

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