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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Well shit it could’ve gone the other way if Kim Kardashian was on the train when it happened and she posted a pic of herself smiling sitting next to the Metro Lady while drinking Courvoisier. How many hypotheticals you gonna use to try and run from the fact that Book Lady is an idiot?”

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Why does black metro lady have to drink Courvoisier in your hypothetical? Why can’t it be a can of Bud Light she is drinking?

Because, stereotypes, racism, prejudice. We all have a LOT of blind spots, intentional or not. This could’ve been handled better by everyone (metro lady, the book writing flashlight cop, the angry twitter mob, wmata, and the publishing company. Blind spots all around. [/quote]

I was referring to Kim Kardashian drinking Courvoisier.  I know you're eager to find fault with me because I think the Book Lady is an idiot but you're reaching.  You're reaching.[/quote]

Eh. KK has always been down with the brown and would be more likely to hold the cognac than the can of beer anyway. Point is, that stereotypes exist without you or I  having to spell it out. All I did was ask the question. What type of person smokes Newport’s? Marlboros? Guess who decides that answer?Commercial industry intheir mass marketing and consumer behaviors that they want you to support. Even if you weren’t implying it, it’s a message that’s subconciouslt promoted I in nearly every type of social group. And there was no repercussion to faulty thinking from the mobs until now in 2019 when Twitter, Instagram, FB challenge every status quo. The larger point I was making wasn’t to criticize you or your opinion. It was to point out that there will always be misperceptions and blind spots for each person to consider - and with social media now and instant reporting, there are going to be a lot of scenarios where blind spots are revealed.  People are so quick to protect their image when they operate in ignorance - digging their heels in instead of - instead of just learning from the lesson and moving on to walk in wisdom.

BTW if KK is the one drinking in your example, it doesn’t compare unless KK was also a wmata employee breaking a rule. And I also think Book Lady was stupid. I called her the flashlight police. Throwback to a Martin Lawrence stand up shoe he did. ;) [/quote]

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