For far too long blacks have had their boot on the neck of the white man, I think it's about time the white man gets a fair shake in this country, blacks have had it good in this country for way too long, it's about time things start changing, the war on the white man has to stop, and it needs to stop right now
its not blacks, its white liberals and white women that is white mens biggest enemy
Were the two women black?I needed a break recently at O'Hare International Airport.
On a flight from Chicago to San Jose, Costa Rica, I produced my passport at the United Airlines counter.
The clerk there said my passport was damaged.
In the upper right hand corner of the passport, some of the pages were wrinkled, not as bad as an old book considered dog-eared, only slightly damaged.
She unilaterally declared I would NOT be traveling tonight.
I could not believe what I was hearing.
I maintained my cool and asked if I could fly tonight if I promised to acquire a new passport for my next round-trip excursion.
She said no.
I then asked for her manager.
A female manager appeared and I pleaded my case to her.
Unfortunately, the clerk spoke with the manager before I had a chance to state my case.
The two employees stuck together and held firm in their decision that my passport was not suited for travel.
Terrible.
I was forced to reschedule the flight for two days hence and acquire a new passport the following day in downtown Chicago.
The fiasco cost me about 48 hours and $250.
Here's my question pursuant to Birdie's thread title: If I were a black female with two small children, would the two female clerks have made the same decision about the passport or would they have allowed for an exception to the rule?
Just asking.
Were the two women black?
You have to compare apples to apples John, if you didn't have two small children with you, then your hypothetical black woman shouldn't either, if you had two small children travelling with you, perhaps your outcome might have been different
Apparently in Europe etc they consider passports from Americans to be the most worn and wrinkled.... they are more accepting if this.
Here's another hypothetical John, let's say it's late at night and a cop pulls you over for a tail light that's out, nothing major, just a busted tail light, the cop asks for your driver's license but you tell him you must have left it at home, what's the probable outcome of the encounter? Now, let's say a black man is driving the same car, in the same location, and at the same time of night, with the same busted tail light, and he informs the cop that he didn't have his license and must have left it at home, what's the probable outcome?
Fair enough.
But I felt some bias in their bones.
Two United employees who shared nothing in common with me but seemed resentful.
Could be wrong.
I don't approve of any type of bias or abuse of authority.
But to think that bias afflicts only one race or one sex or one gender, as the media portrays, is wrong.
I don't approve of any type of bias or abuse of authority.
But to think that bias afflicts only one race or one sex or one gender, as the media portrays, is wrong.
It ain't easy being a White male these days, but I am unsure if it ever was. .
black women have always treated me fair and even favorably at times. asians especially if not hyphenated American are never customer freindly, they are terrified of being reprimanded. Hispanic often times have vendetta against white malesThey were not black, but not white..
Asian and Hispanic, I believe.
Fair enough, we can agree to disagree Kevin.
Generally as humans we're unable to fully appreciate the struggles of others until we get a taste ourselves.
Doesn't make us bad people, we're just genetically programmed to put ourselves front and center.
Suffering? Not a big deal until it happens to us. We just don't think of things that don't apply to us.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think white males should be targeted to even the playing field for past indiscretions or anything.
And I do believe there are people/institutions that will "target" you for lack of a better word......
But as John stated, that sort of thing is not limited to any one group of people.
Where we disagree (strongly) is that being white in this country from the beginning until now is a curse, we got screwed, ours has been the real struggle.
What happened to John, if true, is not right but Try was correct, we hit the lottery when born white in America.
What happened to John is a drop in the bucket compared to what most black 50 somethings have gone through in their life.
A layover sucks, your uncle hung from a telephone pole outside your house is probably worse.
Just my opinion of course.
We move on.
not black 50 somethings, more like black 80 or 90 somethings
Look on the bright side, you'll always be a rich white man, and they'll always be dumb, broke bitches!They were not black, but not white..
Asian and Hispanic, I believe.
For far too long blacks have had their boot on the neck of the white man, I think it's about time the white man gets a fair shake in this country, blacks have had it good in this country for way too long, it's about time things start changing, the war on the white man has to stop, and it needs to stop right now
JK...maybe time to switch airlines....seems to me one airline employee was power tripping and the other had to back her up no matter the condition of your passport....you should have gone to homeland security at the airport....I would have had a hard time leaving the decision to a couple of counter employees...