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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non-paywall version of the story - https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/eating-while-black-and-employed-by-metro-woman-sparks-outrage-after-tweeting-photo-of-wmata-employee-eating-on-train/65-78a8ae83-5d49-4806-9f6f-8befa30e92f4[/quote]

There’s got to be more background as to why they came out so strong:

A statement from book industry firm Rare Bird elicited no kindness for Ms. Tynes, calling the episode, "truly horrible."
“Black women face a constant barrage of this kind of inappropriate behavior directed toward them and a constant policing of their bodies," the statement read.

Huh???? The writer’s post was about the hypocrisy of a metro worker not obeying the rules. It read like a neutral statement. Why the backlash at the writer, to the point the book is canceled? That’s a disproportionate punishment that just feels off. Maybe the publisher is using this incident as an excuse? [/quote]

There’s a huge upswelling of outrage on twitter including posts from prominent scholars. The publishers are responding to that.[/quote]

What dumbasses. They should have let it all die down instead of falling for it. [/quote]

Hmm I think they’re smart to get ahead of it. Her bad tweet could have caused to rest of their catalogue problems. She’s basically an uber driver that’s been let go, many more to fill the roster.[/quote]

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