In contrast to what most liberals believe, when people--of any race, skin color, or ethnicity--are frustrated, afraid, resentful, or hostile, they will take it out on someone they don't think will either react or retaliate.
This will often mean an Asian-American, Hispanic-American or another white person (depending on his or her girth and/or perceived social standing).
After all, who are you "going to take it on": the short white nerd, the Asian-American eunuch, the Mexican immigrant (as long as he's not flashing knives of malevolence), or the black man, whom experience has taught you will erupt at the slightest perceived injustice?
Asian-Americans would, in particular, rather turn on each other than fight against African-Americans, which is explained by the particular hierarchy.
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I took the #16 Metro bus from Madison & 3rd Avenue at 11:15 am today to get to Vine & 3rd (Belltown) to meet a friend for lunch.
But between the Bell St and Vine St. stops, the #16 made a sharp right and headed towards a new stop I had never seen it stop at, ro my consternation, six blocks away at at 7th & Denny.
The bus had to stop at 4th Avenue for a red light. Having realized that the bus was heading in a direction opposite to where I needed to go, I bolted towards the front of the bus and asked the driver if he would left me off.
He refused curtly and firmly, explaining that the #16 was on a re-route due to construction.
Now if I had been a black man and demanded, "HEY, LET ME OFF THE BUS," I'm guessing the bus driver would have just opened the door and let the guy off. No argument.
I've seen it happen time and time again, as Metro drivers make an exception for a black person--letting him/her off at a non-designated stop, picking him/her in the middle of a block, etc.).
This is one instance I can think of where black men often assert and obtain rights that others (Asians, Latinos, and whites) don't have by dint of the color of their skin (many black people being, for some reason, bigger and meaner than others).
This will often mean an Asian-American, Hispanic-American or another white person (depending on his or her girth and/or perceived social standing).
After all, who are you "going to take it on": the short white nerd, the Asian-American eunuch, the Mexican immigrant (as long as he's not flashing knives of malevolence), or the black man, whom experience has taught you will erupt at the slightest perceived injustice?
Asian-Americans would, in particular, rather turn on each other than fight against African-Americans, which is explained by the particular hierarchy.
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I took the #16 Metro bus from Madison & 3rd Avenue at 11:15 am today to get to Vine & 3rd (Belltown) to meet a friend for lunch.
But between the Bell St and Vine St. stops, the #16 made a sharp right and headed towards a new stop I had never seen it stop at, ro my consternation, six blocks away at at 7th & Denny.
The bus had to stop at 4th Avenue for a red light. Having realized that the bus was heading in a direction opposite to where I needed to go, I bolted towards the front of the bus and asked the driver if he would left me off.
He refused curtly and firmly, explaining that the #16 was on a re-route due to construction.
Now if I had been a black man and demanded, "HEY, LET ME OFF THE BUS," I'm guessing the bus driver would have just opened the door and let the guy off. No argument.
I've seen it happen time and time again, as Metro drivers make an exception for a black person--letting him/her off at a non-designated stop, picking him/her in the middle of a block, etc.).
This is one instance I can think of where black men often assert and obtain rights that others (Asians, Latinos, and whites) don't have by dint of the color of their skin (many black people being, for some reason, bigger and meaner than others).
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