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Today, Slate had an article called "D.C. Author May Lose Book Deal After Reporting a Black Metro Employee for Eating on the Train": slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/woman-reports-employee-eating-may-lose-book-deal.html. The start of the article (first 4 paragraphs):
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An author based out of Washington is now facing the prospect of losing her book deal after sparking an intense wave of anger Friday when she tweeted out a photo of a balack Metro employee eating her breakfast.
“When you’re on your morning commute & see @wmata employee in UNIFORM eating on the train,” Natasha Tynes, who is also a World Bank employee, tweeted out at 9 a.m. on Friday. “I thought we were not allowed to eat on the train. This is unacceptable. Hope @wmata responds. When I asked the employee about this, her response was, ‘worry about yourself.”
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority account, tagged in Tynes’ tweet, responded within an hour. “Good morning Natasha. Thank you for catching this and helping us to make sure all Metro employees are held accountable. Can you confirm the time you were on the train, the direction you were headed and what line you were on?”
Tynes replied with the time and location. “Thank you for responding,” she added. “Appreciate it.”
I think it is more warning/trying to get someone in trouble for eating food on the train, which many train services have rules against. Tynes may have not intended for it to be race-related but it ended up that way to many people. Now, taking a photo of someone without asking is a concern in specific situations!
What did color have to do with it? The victimhood culture is one of the stinkiest issues of our day.
Oh, I first saw the story in the last 10 minutes because it was trending on Twitter. People are pulling the race card but that happens way too often in situations where it is not needed.
Perhaps Tynes should have minded her own business. Now if Tynes said something like "I thought a PoC was not allowed to eat on the train. This is unacceptable. Hope @wmata responds. When I asked the employee about this, her response was, ‘worry about yourself.'", then the race card would have more relevancy.
Black twitter tore up this middle eastern writer, born in Amman. Trying to destroy her.
This is what social media does.
Modern lynch mob
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