Is it racist ?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48257825

Woman reports staff member eating on train and telling her to "mind herself" where people are explicitly forbidden from eating

Woman loses book deal because staff member happens to be black and everyone cries racism

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Pretty crap way to lose your future because you complained about a rude member of staff breaking rules you're not allowed to break
 
StriderX said:
Yes. :D

Honestly though, hilarious, ill enjoy the next 50000000 pages of circular discussion until the next rss thread on these topics.
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Given that the 'target' was an employee I think it's quite a stretch to claim without further information that you could attribute racial animus or discrimination here other than to the people who jump straight to must be racist because black person...
 
Caracus2k said:
Given that the 'target' was an employee I think it's quite a stretch to claim without further information that you could attribute racial animus or discrimination here other than to the people who jump straight to must be racist because black person...
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Also the fact the person doing the reporting of the rude staff member is a minority, being Jordanian
 
Caracus2k said:
Given that the 'target' was an employee I think it's quite a stretch to claim without further information that you could attribute racial animus or discrimination here other than to the people who jump straight to must be racist because black person...
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It’s on Twitter, it’s going to descend into social detritus within a set number of retweets, guaranteed.
 
Minusorange upholding the rules again.

You love rules you do, dude. A full on Rulophile. The law is never an ass. It is always the correct moral code.
 
The racists are those saying stuff like "eating while black". They may as well say "different rules for different skin colour".
However, complaining about someone eating on a train is pathetic to start with.
 
Minusorange said:
Bit early to be on the sauce isn't it ?
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Point is, what kind of ******** reports an employee for eating on the job, especially in America where employment laws don't protect employees and you know they'll be sacked.

'Rules' don't mean you're not in the wrong on a human level.
 
If it was some random other commuter on the train I might be inclined to think that posting it on twiter, regardless of the skin colour or ethnicity of the person involved was a rather **** move but if its a rule known for the service on question then an employee really should be complying with it especially if in uniform.

There seems to be some limited parallels with the recent Dianne Abbott drinking on the tube thing here. Where she apologised and I don't recall seeing much opionon that the incident being reported was 'racist' (not that I am going to say that no one might have thought this)
 
I could have put money on cheeseyboy defending the employee. Tempted to say Vincenthanna will be along next too. Especially since the employee was female.
 
cheesyboy said:
Point is, what kind of ******** reports an employee for eating on the job, especially in America where employment laws don't protect employees and you know they'll be sacked.

'Rules' don't mean you're not in the wrong on a human level.
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Fair enough, but the racism accusations are unfounded and ridiculous.
 
cheesyboy said:
Point is, what kind of ******** reports an employee for eating on the job, especially in America where employment laws don't protect employees and you know they'll be sacked.

'Rules' don't mean you're not in the wrong on a human level.
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It's easy to imagine that the customer has been told she couldn't eat on the train, and then was outraged at the hypocrisy. The rule you can't eat on a train is stupid, but if the staff are enforcing it then breaking it themselves then rightly so the customer is going to be outraged. You're just trying to change the argument to suit the agenda that the customer is some how still in the wrong when you've realised that she wasn't being racist in the slightest.
 
Roar87 said:
It's easy to imagine that the customer has been told she couldn't eat on the train, and then was outraged at the hypocrisy. The rule you can't eat on a train is stupid, but if the staff are enforcing it then breaking it themselves then rightly so the customer is going to be outraged.
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The staff/police aren't enforcing it:

The union acknowledged that eating and drinking is against the rules.

But it noted an 8 May police order that advised officers to "cease and desist from issuing criminal citations in the District of Columbia for fare evasion; eating; drinking; spitting, and playing musical instruments without headphones until further advised".

The union statement added: "Understanding this email, our operator clearly was doing no wrong."
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Is it racist? Unlikely.

Is the woman who did the reporting stupid? Yep.
 
I eat on the tram, I'm not allowed to eat on the tram. But I'm hungry, so I'll eat my crisps on the tram and everyone else minds themselves.
 
Roar87 said:
It's easy to imagine that the customer has been told she couldn't eat on the train, and then was outraged at the hypocrisy. The rule you can't eat on a train is stupid, but if the staff are enforcing it then breaking it themselves then rightly so the customer is going to be outraged. You're just trying to change the argument to suit the agenda that the customer is some how still in the wrong when you've realised that she wasn't being racist in the slightest.
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I've not backed the racist point anywhere. I just think you reap what you sow with this kind of bad faith "upholding the rules" behaviour.

Seems to me, the OP is changing the argument: trying to garner sympathy for the unpleasant actions of the busybody woman by PCgoneMAD-ing the situation.
 
cheesyboy said:
'Rules' don't mean you're not in the wrong on a human level.
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The question is "Is it racist?" not "Is it moral?"

Beside the employee was rude telling her to mind her own business when challenged, if the woman felt the need to report the employee then that's her choice, it doesn't make it racist though which is the whole reason she's lost her book deal
 
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