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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRacist picks on wrong woman and teen stands up for Filipino couple in train
This is a young country built on racism, Dagg wrote. Black people have been disenfranchised for over 250 years. The faster white people accept and validate the truth, the closer well come to a place of peace and understanding.
Fighting racism is dependent on me using my white privilege for the right reasons, she added
The white woman tried to use her white privilege on me, the fact that I am white too seemed to have slipped her mind, she wrote, adding, If you see it, say something.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/using-my-white-privilege-for-the-right-reasons-florida-woman-justifies-brutal-beatdown-of-racist-woman/
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WATCH: Teen train passenger shuts down white womans screaming racist tirade at Filipino couple
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/watch-teen-train-passenger-shuts-down-white-womans-screaming-racist-tirade-at-filipino-couple/
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)I thought that it was going to be very different based on the thread title. That pregnant woman got up pretty fast from what appeared to be a severe beating. Nothing racist happens in the video, though I could not watch more after about a minute. I do not think that is a train.
joshcryer
(62,536 posts)We just get the smackdown. She was able to get up because of the size difference. Those were some pretty good rabbit punches but it look like they hit the back of her neck more than anything, and a couple of face slaps that didn't even leave a mark. It was more the takedown that makes it look more brutal than it did.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Princess Turandot
(4,926 posts)I didn't realize that at first, either.
The train episode happened on a Sky Train in Vancouver Canada.
The other incident took place in Florida.
womanofthehills
(11,011 posts)joshcryer
(62,536 posts)True.
The racist lady pushed her.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Particularly beating a pregnant woman.
The video of her spouting her bullshit would have sufficed, IMO.
FlightRN
(194 posts)I feel sorry for her child. The indoctrination of hate starts in the womb for that one.
It is almost impossible to see she's pregnant(I'm also on a phone though) so I don't believe the girl knew.
The woman certainly got in her face to intentionally provoke. If it was a man or woman, I would most likely have reacted physically at that point. I see enough crazy and have been hit by drunks, the concussed, and this Summer, a Trump supporter in a racially charged accident. And I go to crashes and accidents to save lives.
I cannot imagine having to live with racism on a daily basis in the age of Trump.
I'm not advocating violence but I see where the breaking point happened here.