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[quote=Anonymous][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. 
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What should the publishing company have done differently? They said they were looking into it - what else should they have done? What was their blind spot?[/quote]

Unless your head turns 360 degrees, we all have blind spots. The corporate entity has a responsibility to operate in a way that supports stakeholders interests. I don’t know what those are, I don’t work for the company and don’t really care. But - They cancelled her book deal and encouraged others to do the same. There are other ways she could have been penalized without additional public shaming. You don’t fight fire with Fire.

Everyone has an opinion and the world is going nuts about the differences.[/quote]

They put her book contract on hold, they didn't cancel it - and I missed where they encouraged others to do the same? Can you point me to where that happened?

And even if they did cancel the contract, can you show me how that wasn't in stakeholders' interests?[/quote]

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