Not about us

[lalouve]

I read this horrifying story: http://kenyonfarrow.com/2008/03/03/southwest-airlines-%e2%80%98the-souls-of-white-folk%e2%80%99/ and was then further horrified by the responses. Short summary: Asian-American woman complains about being harassed and physically assaulted by a white man on a plane, is then treated as the perpetrator, not the victim. The

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[forthwritten]

Fucking hell, that poor woman.

And yes, totally agree about what you say about it being Not About Us/You. I shut up and listen when people share their experiences. Admittedly I don't have white privilege and that makes it easier in some ways, but other people experience race and racism in very different ways to me and me saying "no, that's never happened to me, are you sure that's what happened?" isn't helpful.

[lalouve]

No, it's not helpful. And yet we see people do that all the time...

And I am never flying Southwestern, even if they're cheap.

[_swallow]

Hey, thanks for this post.

[lalouve]

You're welcome - I'm glad if it makes sense to anyone but me.