UON wrote:
DBBrinson1 wrote:
UON wrote:
The article in the OP is honestly just pure unadulterated bollocks.
Just read the so called example he gives... it's unreasonable to expect a mother with two children and an elderly relative to wait in the queue, and since there was no-one in their group to hold their place using a bag is should be perfectly acceptable. It's obvious that these people were the victim of discrimination and intimidation, as he (despite being black) has instantly made the judgement that "this family are lying", and jumped in without prompting. The fact that he doesn't say he saw the family arrive proves that he couldn't have known if they were there first, and if they had indeed placed their bag there (which he never denies, and how the fuck would it be there otherwise?).
The guy who wrote the article is a racist against black people, and I don't care what colour his skin is. You can discriminate against anyone. The fact that he even tried to use that as an example just proves it to me.
Actually -If anyone need to take a seat, I say it should have been the elder folk. Second, they left an unattended bag lying around the airport. Third, if the Airlines wanted people to wait like that they would issue paper "now serving" tags. Fourth, Her two sons can't stand? They were aged at 22 and 30. Fifth, This wasn't racism, it was a matter of policy. Lastly, who are you to say if the elder folk were or weren't intimidated? You weren't there. They elderly folk didn't even complain, the author of the article did.
How would you feel if you had to stand in line for hours waiting while you watched people sleep, go get food and drink, use the bathroom then when it's time to go, watch them head to the front of the line cause "that's my bag"? It wasn't a question of race. It was about fairness. The people ejected from line turned it into a race issue. I'd be willing to be money that they've done it before and will do it again whenever they see that they can play the "race" card to help their situation (especially if they are in the wrong).
If they'd left someone standing in the queue to hold their place, there wouldn't be a problem, right? If the elderly folk had wanted to leave a bag or have someone hold their place, I wouldn't have a problem with that either. OK, I didn't take into consideration the ages of her "sons" (hell, the author of the article can make wild assumptions, why can't I?), but it doesn't change much. The elderly people didn't doubt the story enough to challenge it, yet he did. Which shows a prejudice on his part. Or maybe he was just pissed off that he didn't think of leaving his bag and going to take a dump... but it's still not a valid example of the "black KKK", is it?
And FUCK YOU to all the non-rational responses to my post, this was the only one worth answering.
see, now you're making incredibly large assumptions. again, you weren't there, so you really have no idea how the elderly folk felt about the situation, apart from what the author imparted on us, and he wasn't too focused on them in the first place.
in reality, the elderly folk were probably intimidated by these folk, at least from what i can garner reading the article (it could really go either way, but we weren't there, so we have to take what the author gives) and so conceded the point.
also, i think you're reading too much into the "black KKK."
it doesn't mean it like the real KKK, simply that many black people today are taking advantage of their situation and using it (like the KKK) to be overly aggressive, intimidating, and just plain not great people.