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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

It's not whether she had a right to get pissy. It's that getting pissy isn't effective in these scenarios, even, or perhaps [i]especially[/i], if the other person is in fact being disrepectful to you particular and not just randomly.

As a woman, which I am, and as a minority, which I am not, people are more attuned to whether others are treating them equally. That makes sense. You have to be. But I'm not pushover and I'm not afraid of confrontation. I think that in most cases confrontation is the position of the person who has already lost or who feels powerless. Even with a sexist co-worker I make more headway by being calm. I have the right to get pissy but I don't exercise it, much like my right to party, sadly. [/quote]

I agree with you that staying calm is the better reaction. However, I'm still not seeing how this is the fault of the woman. Do you assign blame to the biker at all? [/quote]

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