3 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)
View submission: Reddit. This is not good.
I know this is probably going to get downvoted, but I'm going to make a comment about this anyways.
Some of the top links refer to the incident between the black guy and the old white guy that happened on the bus.
I noticed that the old white man's racism and bigotry is overlooked. Asking a random black guy for a shoe shine is no different than asking random Asian women, "Hey, when are you going to do my nails?" or asking a Hispanic person, "Hey, can you come cut my yard?"
After having walked away from the verbal altercation I do believe the white guy was justified in defending himself, but the fact that he's been branded as some sort of hero in doing so is sick, especially considering the events that led up to the physical altercation.
On the other hand, the black girl who yelled, "Beat his white ass." is ridiculed as a racist thief and must feel the raft of random trolls from the Internet. (No, and not even trying to defend that black girl, but my point is she's probably just as racist and bigoted as the old, white man.)
Comment by crackerjak80 at 17/02/2010 at 23:49 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I agree with you! Upvoted.