stabra:black-to-the-bones:That’s what every black person needs to do. Sourcewhite people get real we
stabra:black-to-the-bones:That’s what every black person needs to do. Sourcewhite people get real weird on trains. i was on amtrak and was sitting in a car that was almost empty except for a white family. it was a regular class car but it’s newer, so i think a lot of people assume you need a first class ticket and don’t sit there. the conductor, an old white man, asks me to move to the other car because this car is reserved. i was like, “by who?” he’s like, “there’s a family and i just want to make sure they can all sit together.” i look back at all the empty seats, look at him, and i’m like, “i don’t get what you mean.” he keeps repeating himself, and i just say, “no thanks.” he starts to get more and more frustrated trying to make it seem like i’m breaking some policy that doesn’t exist. when he realizes it’s not gonna work, he gives me the dirtiest look and says, “well if you cause any trouble, i’m gonna kick you off the train!” of course when a bunch of white people took their seats, there was no word about the car being reserved. i just laughed at him every time he passed by, and before i got off the train, i was like, “i could report you but i would actually feel bad if you lost your job.” he was an old white man trying to exercise the last moments of the white power he thinks he should have and so cherishes before he dies. die, he must (eventually), but i’m not about old people losing their jobs. -- source link