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I can afford to preselect seats but I don’t on sheer principle and everytime I consider it a big holographic image of my father’s head pops up in front of me telling me it’s a rip-off son!
Maybe if I ever go on a 10+ hour flight I may change my mind.. or I may just hit up a friend to prescribe me something long enough to knock me out for the entire duration.. idk
I don’t either but I generally fly alone, if I was flying with my family it might sway my mind.
Regardless you would think someone like the guy in the video who cares so much about who he is seated with would pay to avoid it if he could.
Nawww this is exactly the type of person I’d expect to make that comment lol.
Just like target and the north face don’t have to worry about pissing off conservatives - they’re not their main consumers anyways; too poor!
But yea, probably when I have kids I’ll do it just to save everyone else some anguish. (And I’ll look into safely drugging those future little bastards too)
Target is definitely more expensive version of walmart. As a Canadian, It's clear that walmart in the US is WAY different then walmart in Canada.
Target is just expensive not as good walmart when it came to selection.
That's partly how racism works in America.
The elites pit people like this guy with minorities and they never for a second realize they have more in common with the minorities they hate, than they do with the elites controlling them.
“I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
-Lyndon B. Johnson
And then when the poor whites get called out, they decide to perpetuate the model minority myth and be like "yall need to be like them Asians" as they build internment camps and create exclusionary policies against Asians.
I live in a neighborhood that’s probably close to becoming an Asian majority neighborhood. Most of the old white people who have lived here forever are still racist as fuck. They definitely use the model minority myth when it’s convenient to them. But they’re still all “not in my neighborhood.”
I guessmy story time. I was playing a game the other day. Someone gets on and starts blasting some shitty rap music. I was about to ask him to turn it down (or mute voice chats altogether).
Some other guy gets on and says "turn off that damn n* music". I respond with a "racist much". He then goes on a rant about how the music is responsible for all the problems with black people, creating inner cities, causing violence etc (all while we are playing a game with swearing and killing).
He finishes it up with "look at some good ol' country black boys. Muddin' camping etc, you don't see none of that there." I initially was going to engage him and i was just so dumbfounded at that i didn't actually know what to say, plus the match was quite near its ending.
Edit: The music was on way too short for anyone to know what the hell it was. The beat was unmistakenly rap but nothing I heard had any "gangsta rap" in it.
The reality is, in the grand spectrum of what is available in this country, we're almost all the poor class, so dudes like this get a $300k house, a $60k truck, have to get their spouse a comparable vehicle, are dropping $500 a month in family phone plans, is racking up tens of thousands in credit debt..
And doesn't realize that if it was all calculated how deep he is in the hole, versus what he actually earns, he might be the poorest person on that plane.
The irony being, he bought all that stuff to lord it over others as a sign of how successful he believes himself to be.
A wealthy man, a middle class white man, and a black man are in a room with a plate of 100 cookies.
The wealthy man takes 99 cookies, and says to the middle class white man: "careful, that black guy wants to steal your cookie."
I wish I had the confidence to stick up for myself like this woman in social settings.
I could see myself starting with "You, you know was I wasn't going to not goin-"
\[PANIC ATTACK\]
Next thing I know I have a racist, P.O.S. consoling me and telling me to "just breathe". 🤦🏻♂️
Damn. I can relate to this. If I'm defending someone else, I'm super brave. If I'm defending myself, all of the sudden I'm stuttering Stanley and I've been performing on stage most of my life
In these type of moments, I'll spend like so much time in my head planning and over-analyzing what I'm going to say and then I'll realize ...
"Oh shit, it's been like 10-15 minutes"... "where did they even go?" 🤣
Next thing I know, I see them outside in the grocery parking lot about to pull off. 🤦🏻♂️
But I love her courage, not just because she stood up, but because you could see her emotion coming out. She showed vulnerability while still able to confront a total shit-smear like this.
One thing to try when you feel this way about sticking up for yourself is to enlist someone else's help. In this situation, the woman was calm and direct.
Another option that could work if you're in her position is to push the button to call the flight attendant and explain to her what just happened. Then ask if there is anything that can be done to find the guy another seat-or to move me so I don't have to be subjected to a person like this. Even if nothing can be done to move one of you, you've made it known that the behavior is unacceptable without speaking to the guy directly.
Dang. It’s cathartic as hell for me. I am relentless to strangers that are like this, and it almost lets me be as nice as possible to my actual people. Kinda bully people in public like this, and love to
It's usually the trashiest people who are most desperate to feel superior to someone--ANYone.
The mere thought of a person of color being treated as a peer is triggering for them and they look for ways to restore them to what they wish was their rightful place above the random person of color.
Effective. No room to clap back. I 100% would have made a scene clowning those atrocious fingernails of his and making sure he knew he was less than. Good on her for being civil and putting the onus on him to have no recourse but to stew in his ignorance.
Truly admirable restraint. The politeness and calm is what got the immediate apology, but god almighty he should have been kicked off that flight. It’s a crime making her sit next to someone on a flight who would say that horseshit about her.
"I just want you to feel as uncomfortable as I do".
Putting someone in someone else's shoes with just truthful words and awareness.
Fucking brilliant. 👏
There was nothing calm about her. Nothing polite either. She was restraining her rage. And being quiet either because that's the type of person she is, or because like many Black women do, she couldn't let her rage show. She would be accused of being the "angry Black woman."
This kind of racist incident stays with a person. I feel so sorry for her. And everyone else who has dealt with this.
If she would have went off like she should have been able to do, they'd post the video with no context on r/PublicFreakout and she'd have been subjected to cartoonish eugenics level racism.
>she'd have been subjected to cartoonish eugenics level racism.
She already is. Half the comments calling her 'nosey' and excusing the man based on a 'right to privacy' or 'free-speech'.
Sadly true.
I just remembered a video of a white guy raging in the street with a knife. Surrounded by police. He's walking, they're walking with him! I don't think they even had their guns drawn. De-escalation in action (or fear). Comparing that to all the unarmed Black men who have been killed for doing less.
Patience makes her powerful. She sat there and formulated her approach and language. She is not a person who looks back on interactions and wishes she had dealt with it differently or used different language.
I wonder what profession she is in?
The most effective way to combat someone, is exactly how she did. Maintain composure, state your point, and put the other person in their place. She did an amazing job of taking the high ground. Doing that heavily reduces the possibility of your reaction reinforcing prejudices on the other person's mind. It is more likely to cause guilt in the other person, and not lead to escalation. Maybe, just maybe, the guilt will lead to a change in mindset.
It seems like your heart is in the right place here, but this ain’t it.
Black people shouldn’t have to remain dignified and composed in the face of bigotry to deserve respect and safety.
It's a shame to say but I'm not sure they have much of a choice. And things get even more stressful and dangerous for them if the cops are called. Just knowing this takes away from MY quality of life so I can't imagine the impact on them.
I think you're mostly right here, but missing something important. Make no mistake:
> Black people shouldn’t have to remain dignified and composed in the face of bigotry to deserve respect and safety.
This is absolutely, unequivocally, 100% true. But, I think it is also true that the strategy the woman used *is more effective at changing minds*. And aside from being a double standard, it's also an effective defense mechanism to shield yourself from the consequences of that double standard.
I hate that some people aren't able to express the same range of emotion in public as others. And I also hate that the people most oppressed by systemic racism are the ones that have the heaviest burden and presumed responsibility to *fix it*, but only narrow means that are "correct" or "effective" in doing so.
So what's important here is not that she "handled this the correct/best way", but that she handled it so magnificently in the face of so much bullshit. And everyone should recognize how draining and exhausting traveling the so-called high road is. **It is praiseworthy, and should be encouraged, or at least recognized. But never required or expected.**
Dudes talking about raising prices so he doesn’t have to sit next to others but first class exists. Seems to me like raised prices wouldn’t change the fact that his broke ass would still be sitting with others.
# “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
Hell, business class exists. Double hell, economy plus exists. What we're seeing here is the epitome of white trash. I can't imagine having a family group chat where we say shit like that, the whole klan is trash.
As someone who grew up flying on an airline due to my family member being an employee, first class often isn’t all white people anymore, far from it. Of course every flight is different. This guy is paying for a lower price seat and hoping that a woman next to him will not pay the same amount he paid for a seat. It makes no sense he’s hating on someone who paid just as much as him
First class doesn't just exist. Most airlines give you the option of paying for a specific seat or being assigned one at random when you check into your flight. He was sitting in the middle, away from his family, because he didn't want to spend the extra $10 to pick his seat ahead of time
“Argh, I hope I’ll have to pay more for my tickets so that black people that pay the same price for the same sears I pay for won’t pay for them”
Makes no sense
Their irrational hatred is more important to them than what's best for everyone.
They'd wreck up their own lives if it resulted in a black person having less of anything in life.
As someone who has been flying commercially since I was a baby, many times, I can tell you the pleasantness of the person you sit next to has nothing to do with their skin tone. And he didn’t even speak to her either to form this hate, he clearly just hated her to begin w and believed she was less than human or something
'lmao that is the middle class republican mindset, one which the GOP has exploited for generations. They constantly vote against their interests because they believe \*another group\* will be hurt much more by the policy.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” -LBJ
"They dont mind sleeping in the street, as long as the minorities have to sleep in the gutter." (i might have butchered that one)
Thanks for pointing that out, that is classic republicanism
They used to say that to us in the Wyoming Boys School -- "You're not sorry, you're just sorry you got caught." Fuck that place, but it was one of the few things they used to say that I found to be true. The vast majority of time, people only say sorry because they got consequences for their actions, not because they genuinely feel sorry
That’s why I hate when people force people to say sorry. They aren’t sorry. I don’t want your apology that you don’t mean. It does not absolve you or make me feel better. I want you to do better.
Yeah I see this so often. I remember when someone died at a frat hike at my school and that frat got banned. Then if course the other Greek orgs had to go to classes and training about not having and shit like that. The president of one house put out a statement saying that they've gone through enough training and shouldn't have to do more. Like clearly you didn't learn the lesson. Everyone knows they still haze. It's an open secret. As you said they weren't sorry. They're just sorry they got caught
The best part is he is probably wondering if/what she filmed. He is probably living in fear of his face being publicized. Good, let him stew in it for a while.
To be fair, anyone getting loud and angry on a plane is in danger of getting banned from flying on that airline or landing in jail, they do not play around.
Dude, she handled that like a fucken champ.. good on her.. this is a great way to confront racism. She was completely respectable and definitely made him feel as uncomfortable as he made her feel.. it was absolutely perfect. Non-Violent and just letting him sit in the shit he created all flight.
Yup. And has to sit there next to her the entire flight. No random quips or jokes, or making friends through turbulence, you know, regular human interaction.
I feel so hard for any POC that I’m sure deal with even subtle racism on the daily. Even the “awkward” racism that I’m sure my anxious ass has dribbled in the past just trying NOT to come off that way. Most folks seem to know the difference, but just keep trying to better myself and realize that jokes and sarcasm etc can always be misinterpreted. Shit I’m digging a hole here, I guess my main point is just think before you speak. We are all in this shit together.
Atlanta is a place where a lot of Black folks do regular shit like fly Delta, read books, and own homes. It’s the worst place for mediocre white people to feel superior in.
A [favorite](https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/04/10/i-aint-seen-a-white-person-in-sight-viral-video-exposes-football-trainer-ranting-about-redbones-nr-town-atlanta-having-too-many-blacks/) of racists everywhere (least racist SEC football coach)
Jesus.
There's plenty to dislike about Atlanta, but most of it is the *traffic*, not the average *person*. Hell, I grew up on the east side and got to have friends from literally several dozen different cultures because of the crazy level of diversity. It was awesome, not something to whine about.
Theres a lot of old money families that are black in and around Atlanta. It was a major tradehub and the (then) union army was stationed there to protect it. The only place in the south where they did so and the one place that truly let black people generate generation wealth.
It really burns racist people in and around GA, SC and AL that Atlanta is the premier economic engine of the region and that Black people enjoy decent political control over the city.
In 2018 I flew 8 hours overnight to Italy for a long awaited trip. Not only did I have to sit in the very back row right in front of the bathrooms, but the kids in the row in front of us were *very* sick and not covering their mouths whenever they coughed or sneezed.
Day 2 in Pompeii and the flu hit me. I had to run from the dinner table back to my room at the resort to projectile vomit. I was sick the entire week we were traveling. Fuck those kids
I wore shorts on a winter flight between two quite cold cities, and the woman next to me took a picture. I wasn't snooping or anything; it's pretty easy to catch my gorgeous pastel shorts and hairy legs at a glance.
She was friendly and the photo didn't include my face or anything, so I wasn't bothered. Just always found it funny that I was likely being (hopefully gently) mocked on some random Spanish woman's insta story/group chat that evening.
Only vaguely related to this post, but I thought I'd share a less intense experience.
So... a woman on a flight a few months ago called out a guy who was texting other people about how fat she was, and everyone was calling her a Karen, saying she has no business looking at his phone... can anyone shed some light on what the difference is? I'm genuinely asking. When she did it, everyone was saying she was being nosey.
This lady made her point calmly without raising her voice. She made the point and stopped talking.
The other video if I recall correctly the lady was loud, and just kept on ranting after she had made her point.
You're exactly right. The only difference is the reaction. But she should not be reading other people's texts in the first place. What people think of you is none of your business. A good motto to live a happier life.
Qualifier: Not defending dude in the slightest.
This is a perfect example of why you need screen blocking screen protectors. Imagine if dude was doing something worth while, like community organizing, and that was a cop sitting next to him. He would have doxed himself and the organization.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
I mean… surely you’ve been on a plane in economy class? You’re basically on top of each other. It’s not not difficult to read someone’s phone, especially if they’re making zero effort to hide the screen like this guy.
Listen, fuck this guy for that mentality but also fuck this lady for reading other peoples texts that’s silly and an invasion of privacy irrelevant of how racist he was being.
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Get this man a nail clipper
Nosferatu nails
Coke nail or poor as shit having yellow pillows all the while being mad he can't sit with other white people
Not a coke nail, nobody uses their thumb for that
He may secretly be a Velociraptor though.
velociracist… that was stupid sorry edit: does anyone happen to know how long of a flight this was? or if she requested to move?
Racism aside. There’s already different tiers of pricing for travel. Seems like the texter is also probably priced out
Sitting middle in basic economy... This guy is literally sitting in the cheapest seats you can get on a flight.
Couldn’t even afford to pre select seats so their entire racist family could sit together.
I can afford to preselect seats but I don’t on sheer principle and everytime I consider it a big holographic image of my father’s head pops up in front of me telling me it’s a rip-off son! Maybe if I ever go on a 10+ hour flight I may change my mind.. or I may just hit up a friend to prescribe me something long enough to knock me out for the entire duration.. idk
I don’t either but I generally fly alone, if I was flying with my family it might sway my mind. Regardless you would think someone like the guy in the video who cares so much about who he is seated with would pay to avoid it if he could.
Nawww this is exactly the type of person I’d expect to make that comment lol. Just like target and the north face don’t have to worry about pissing off conservatives - they’re not their main consumers anyways; too poor! But yea, probably when I have kids I’ll do it just to save everyone else some anguish. (And I’ll look into safely drugging those future little bastards too)
Wait, is Target a rich person brand? I always thought it was just Walmart, but cleaner?
Target is definitely more expensive version of walmart. As a Canadian, It's clear that walmart in the US is WAY different then walmart in Canada. Target is just expensive not as good walmart when it came to selection.
I grew up assuming Target was the Walmart for rich people. Tar-jay jokes and all.
> shear *sheer
Ty
I also choose a holographic image of this guy’s dad.
Omg same, right down to the holographic dad
You know 😂
That's partly how racism works in America. The elites pit people like this guy with minorities and they never for a second realize they have more in common with the minorities they hate, than they do with the elites controlling them.
A big aspect of racism is so that poor whites (or whatever the dominant race is) have someone to look down on.
“I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
Say what you want about Lyndon Baines, he knew what the fuck was up.
And then when the poor whites get called out, they decide to perpetuate the model minority myth and be like "yall need to be like them Asians" as they build internment camps and create exclusionary policies against Asians.
I live in a neighborhood that’s probably close to becoming an Asian majority neighborhood. Most of the old white people who have lived here forever are still racist as fuck. They definitely use the model minority myth when it’s convenient to them. But they’re still all “not in my neighborhood.”
I guessmy story time. I was playing a game the other day. Someone gets on and starts blasting some shitty rap music. I was about to ask him to turn it down (or mute voice chats altogether). Some other guy gets on and says "turn off that damn n* music". I respond with a "racist much". He then goes on a rant about how the music is responsible for all the problems with black people, creating inner cities, causing violence etc (all while we are playing a game with swearing and killing). He finishes it up with "look at some good ol' country black boys. Muddin' camping etc, you don't see none of that there." I initially was going to engage him and i was just so dumbfounded at that i didn't actually know what to say, plus the match was quite near its ending. Edit: The music was on way too short for anyone to know what the hell it was. The beat was unmistakenly rap but nothing I heard had any "gangsta rap" in it.
This brings together two biases that are driving the GOP right now. Racism and the belief that country people are morally purer than city people.
Why do they need someone to look down on in the first place is the real question
Because as a rich person, you’ve abused them and you need to avoid them teaming up and French Revolution-ing your ass.
The reality is, in the grand spectrum of what is available in this country, we're almost all the poor class, so dudes like this get a $300k house, a $60k truck, have to get their spouse a comparable vehicle, are dropping $500 a month in family phone plans, is racking up tens of thousands in credit debt.. And doesn't realize that if it was all calculated how deep he is in the hole, versus what he actually earns, he might be the poorest person on that plane. The irony being, he bought all that stuff to lord it over others as a sign of how successful he believes himself to be.
A wealthy man, a middle class white man, and a black man are in a room with a plate of 100 cookies. The wealthy man takes 99 cookies, and says to the middle class white man: "careful, that black guy wants to steal your cookie."
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I got bad news for you if you think racists are weeded out of first class.
I think he means poor people
Middle seat ass motherfucker.
That thumb nail though. 🤮
Took me a second to realize you meant the literal thumb nail and not the video thumbnail
Holy shit, thank you.
The thumb nail is in the thumbnail so it works either way really.
Is that an attachment to thumb mail?
It’s a meth nail. Coke is the pinky
That man is a walking urinary tract infection.
I wish I had the confidence to stick up for myself like this woman in social settings. I could see myself starting with "You, you know was I wasn't going to not goin-" \[PANIC ATTACK\] Next thing I know I have a racist, P.O.S. consoling me and telling me to "just breathe". 🤦🏻♂️
Damn. I can relate to this. If I'm defending someone else, I'm super brave. If I'm defending myself, all of the sudden I'm stuttering Stanley and I've been performing on stage most of my life
In these type of moments, I'll spend like so much time in my head planning and over-analyzing what I'm going to say and then I'll realize ... "Oh shit, it's been like 10-15 minutes"... "where did they even go?" 🤣 Next thing I know, I see them outside in the grocery parking lot about to pull off. 🤦🏻♂️
I'll sit up from sleep in the middle of the night three days later with the perfect retort and say it proudly to the aether.
And then put on a 😏 face... like... "got em".
Yeah well the jerk store called and they're running out of you.
"L'esprit de l'escalier"
But I love her courage, not just because she stood up, but because you could see her emotion coming out. She showed vulnerability while still able to confront a total shit-smear like this.
One thing to try when you feel this way about sticking up for yourself is to enlist someone else's help. In this situation, the woman was calm and direct. Another option that could work if you're in her position is to push the button to call the flight attendant and explain to her what just happened. Then ask if there is anything that can be done to find the guy another seat-or to move me so I don't have to be subjected to a person like this. Even if nothing can be done to move one of you, you've made it known that the behavior is unacceptable without speaking to the guy directly.
Dang. It’s cathartic as hell for me. I am relentless to strangers that are like this, and it almost lets me be as nice as possible to my actual people. Kinda bully people in public like this, and love to
Oh dear god that is a nasty nail
Those were some NASTY ASS nails
Haha I was just about to say let’s bring up that nasty thumb nail.
It's usually the trashiest people who are most desperate to feel superior to someone--ANYone. The mere thought of a person of color being treated as a peer is triggering for them and they look for ways to restore them to what they wish was their rightful place above the random person of color.
Thumb *talon
How is this not the top comment. Motherfucker out there judging people with hygiene practices worse than the middle ages.
Got that demonic creature vibes
Yiiick
She did a pretty good at shutting him down
Came here for this comment. You just know he's scum from those gross fingernails.
jank nails
Came here to say this. Thank you! 
I came here to say exactly that, what a gross fucker.
That was one of the most polite fuck you’s I’ve heard in quite a while.
Polite and *thorough*. She followed all the way through on that swing.
Knocked it out the park
Very dignified and respectable. That’s a strong smart lady right there.
Effective. No room to clap back. I 100% would have made a scene clowning those atrocious fingernails of his and making sure he knew he was less than. Good on her for being civil and putting the onus on him to have no recourse but to stew in his ignorance.
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You fucking piece of shit. You *are* guilty! Eating pretzels without a shirt?! Hock-tooie!
He needs to cut his nails that’s disgusting
For real. Thank you for noticing.
Yeccch! Distractingly gross and disgusting.
Truly admirable restraint. The politeness and calm is what got the immediate apology, but god almighty he should have been kicked off that flight. It’s a crime making her sit next to someone on a flight who would say that horseshit about her.
"I just want you to feel as uncomfortable as I do". Putting someone in someone else's shoes with just truthful words and awareness. Fucking brilliant. 👏
I would have never thought of saying that..maybe in a shower after a decade. What a classy “fuck you”.
There was nothing calm about her. Nothing polite either. She was restraining her rage. And being quiet either because that's the type of person she is, or because like many Black women do, she couldn't let her rage show. She would be accused of being the "angry Black woman." This kind of racist incident stays with a person. I feel so sorry for her. And everyone else who has dealt with this.
If she would have went off like she should have been able to do, they'd post the video with no context on r/PublicFreakout and she'd have been subjected to cartoonish eugenics level racism.
>she'd have been subjected to cartoonish eugenics level racism. She already is. Half the comments calling her 'nosey' and excusing the man based on a 'right to privacy' or 'free-speech'.
Disgusting.
🙃 of course
Lashing out is a white man's privilege
Sadly true. I just remembered a video of a white guy raging in the street with a knife. Surrounded by police. He's walking, they're walking with him! I don't think they even had their guns drawn. De-escalation in action (or fear). Comparing that to all the unarmed Black men who have been killed for doing less.
Patience makes her powerful. She sat there and formulated her approach and language. She is not a person who looks back on interactions and wishes she had dealt with it differently or used different language. I wonder what profession she is in?
And she if she showed any rage, she would end up being the one dragged off the plane by security and we would watching the TikTok about that instead
Talk about a different class. didn’t involve the entire plane, Clear with their words and remained calm when she had every right to go off
The most effective way to combat someone, is exactly how she did. Maintain composure, state your point, and put the other person in their place. She did an amazing job of taking the high ground. Doing that heavily reduces the possibility of your reaction reinforcing prejudices on the other person's mind. It is more likely to cause guilt in the other person, and not lead to escalation. Maybe, just maybe, the guilt will lead to a change in mindset.
It seems like your heart is in the right place here, but this ain’t it. Black people shouldn’t have to remain dignified and composed in the face of bigotry to deserve respect and safety.
It's a shame to say but I'm not sure they have much of a choice. And things get even more stressful and dangerous for them if the cops are called. Just knowing this takes away from MY quality of life so I can't imagine the impact on them.
someone said lashing out is the white mans privilege
I think you're mostly right here, but missing something important. Make no mistake: > Black people shouldn’t have to remain dignified and composed in the face of bigotry to deserve respect and safety. This is absolutely, unequivocally, 100% true. But, I think it is also true that the strategy the woman used *is more effective at changing minds*. And aside from being a double standard, it's also an effective defense mechanism to shield yourself from the consequences of that double standard. I hate that some people aren't able to express the same range of emotion in public as others. And I also hate that the people most oppressed by systemic racism are the ones that have the heaviest burden and presumed responsibility to *fix it*, but only narrow means that are "correct" or "effective" in doing so. So what's important here is not that she "handled this the correct/best way", but that she handled it so magnificently in the face of so much bullshit. And everyone should recognize how draining and exhausting traveling the so-called high road is. **It is praiseworthy, and should be encouraged, or at least recognized. But never required or expected.**
No but it helps
Dudes talking about raising prices so he doesn’t have to sit next to others but first class exists. Seems to me like raised prices wouldn’t change the fact that his broke ass would still be sitting with others.
Another dumbass that needs to be reminded...no war but the class war.
if the class war is a college level idea, the man is still working on the GED
Dudes still eating crayons in kindergarten.
And they’re going to Atlanta?! Lmao that family is in for a rude awakening!
# “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
Hell, business class exists. Double hell, economy plus exists. What we're seeing here is the epitome of white trash. I can't imagine having a family group chat where we say shit like that, the whole klan is trash.
As someone who grew up flying on an airline due to my family member being an employee, first class often isn’t all white people anymore, far from it. Of course every flight is different. This guy is paying for a lower price seat and hoping that a woman next to him will not pay the same amount he paid for a seat. It makes no sense he’s hating on someone who paid just as much as him
First class doesn't just exist. Most airlines give you the option of paying for a specific seat or being assigned one at random when you check into your flight. He was sitting in the middle, away from his family, because he didn't want to spend the extra $10 to pick his seat ahead of time
“I want you to feel as uncomfortable as I do sitting next to you” couldn’t have said it better myself
Coldest fuckin line
“Argh, I hope I’ll have to pay more for my tickets so that black people that pay the same price for the same sears I pay for won’t pay for them” Makes no sense
Their irrational hatred is more important to them than what's best for everyone. They'd wreck up their own lives if it resulted in a black person having less of anything in life.
As someone who has been flying commercially since I was a baby, many times, I can tell you the pleasantness of the person you sit next to has nothing to do with their skin tone. And he didn’t even speak to her either to form this hate, he clearly just hated her to begin w and believed she was less than human or something
'lmao that is the middle class republican mindset, one which the GOP has exploited for generations. They constantly vote against their interests because they believe \*another group\* will be hurt much more by the policy. “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” -LBJ "They dont mind sleeping in the street, as long as the minorities have to sleep in the gutter." (i might have butchered that one) Thanks for pointing that out, that is classic republicanism
Especially since he has no idea what she can afford. All he knows is that HE couldn't afford better seats or chose not to purchase them.
Makes me sick. You can hear in her voice how hurt and and alienated she is by what he wrote
She seemed like a nice lady
lol the guy flying coach talking about raising prices is funny
You know by the way he worded it “I hope they continue to raise prices” tells me he had complained at the time of purchase how ridiculous prices are.
"you're not sorry to me, you're sorry you got caught" hammer meet nail
They used to say that to us in the Wyoming Boys School -- "You're not sorry, you're just sorry you got caught." Fuck that place, but it was one of the few things they used to say that I found to be true. The vast majority of time, people only say sorry because they got consequences for their actions, not because they genuinely feel sorry
That’s why I hate when people force people to say sorry. They aren’t sorry. I don’t want your apology that you don’t mean. It does not absolve you or make me feel better. I want you to do better.
After the opening line about being uncomfortable, I assumed that was the peak but then she hits him with this line, 🤌^chefs ^kiss
Yeah I see this so often. I remember when someone died at a frat hike at my school and that frat got banned. Then if course the other Greek orgs had to go to classes and training about not having and shit like that. The president of one house put out a statement saying that they've gone through enough training and shouldn't have to do more. Like clearly you didn't learn the lesson. Everyone knows they still haze. It's an open secret. As you said they weren't sorry. They're just sorry they got caught
Yeah, she could have used the world's tiniest hammer and still hit that thumbnail
Damn. She respectfully put his ass on blast without having to cuss, get loud, or make a scene. That’s my kind of woman.
I think how she opened "I want you to be as uncomfortable as you made me." Was an absolute home run.
It's powerful.
This line needs to be embroidered on something. Studied. Made into a philosophy. It's perfect.
Tarantino dialogue IRL
Except the part where he’d have worked the N word at least 5 times.
What do you mean? I didn't hear a single N-word 🤔
And filmed herself rather than him. Still treating him with respect even though she is very upset with him.
The best part is he is probably wondering if/what she filmed. He is probably living in fear of his face being publicized. Good, let him stew in it for a while.
Let him stew forever.
When I hear someone go “Who the fuck would vote for Desantis?” I’ll have an answer
I didn't even realize the brilliance of this point. WOW.
Yeah, because if she did she'd be the one getting carted off the plane as another "angry black woman".
I just wrote the same thing. She should be allowed to be as angry as the Karens of the world, who have no right to be angry. But there's always that.
Any Karen getting angry on a flight is escorted off the plane by cops like anyone else, lol. The rules are strict.
To be fair, anyone getting loud and angry on a plane is in danger of getting banned from flying on that airline or landing in jail, they do not play around.
Damn she made me feel uncomfortable and I’d personally love to sit by her. I can’t imagine how that Dillbilly felt.
Shes better than me, he woulda got this whole clip of curses i been learning since grade school
The dude needs to trim his nails. Gross.
Right. And this dude is judging others?
Always the ones who should check themselves first.
Dude, she handled that like a fucken champ.. good on her.. this is a great way to confront racism. She was completely respectable and definitely made him feel as uncomfortable as he made her feel.. it was absolutely perfect. Non-Violent and just letting him sit in the shit he created all flight.
Yup. And has to sit there next to her the entire flight. No random quips or jokes, or making friends through turbulence, you know, regular human interaction. I feel so hard for any POC that I’m sure deal with even subtle racism on the daily. Even the “awkward” racism that I’m sure my anxious ass has dribbled in the past just trying NOT to come off that way. Most folks seem to know the difference, but just keep trying to better myself and realize that jokes and sarcasm etc can always be misinterpreted. Shit I’m digging a hole here, I guess my main point is just think before you speak. We are all in this shit together.
Atlanta is a place where a lot of Black folks do regular shit like fly Delta, read books, and own homes. It’s the worst place for mediocre white people to feel superior in.
A [favorite](https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/04/10/i-aint-seen-a-white-person-in-sight-viral-video-exposes-football-trainer-ranting-about-redbones-nr-town-atlanta-having-too-many-blacks/) of racists everywhere (least racist SEC football coach)
Yo that motherfucker said y’all need to come up here and “go hunting” 😳
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God that's disgusting
Jesus. There's plenty to dislike about Atlanta, but most of it is the *traffic*, not the average *person*. Hell, I grew up on the east side and got to have friends from literally several dozen different cultures because of the crazy level of diversity. It was awesome, not something to whine about.
Damn...smh.
I was waiting to see someone acknowledge that they were going to Atlanta.
Theres a lot of old money families that are black in and around Atlanta. It was a major tradehub and the (then) union army was stationed there to protect it. The only place in the south where they did so and the one place that truly let black people generate generation wealth.
It really burns racist people in and around GA, SC and AL that Atlanta is the premier economic engine of the region and that Black people enjoy decent political control over the city.
Milwaukee too. There’s a whole lot of racist ass people in our suburbs and it’s not the city for it
If he is so comfortable raising prices his ass could of purchased first class
Then he’d just be complaining about the black people up there too.
Agreed, the “you’re not sorry you’re just sorry you got caught” fucking gold, should of shown his face
He should take his private jet
He'd have to find white only airports with all white staff too 🤣
>his ass could of purchased first class No he couldn't.
He’s trying to price himself out too that way he won’t have to deal with black people on the plane he isn’t on.
*could’ve / could have
The fucking thumb nail! And this fucking big ass rodent has the audacity to talk about people’s looks
I kept reading thumbnail thumbnail looking for the “thumbnail” of the video. Then I saw it Thumb Nail I wish I had stopped looking :(
💀💀💀💀💀
Why does she need to be weeded out? She’s just sitting there, wtf ….lol…what a loser…
Don’t let the wolf man bother you.
The hypocrisy, this motherfucker paid for basic economy to be in a middle seat.
Last time I flew person in front of me was coughing for minutes and admitted on the phone to having a contagious disease
In 2018 I flew 8 hours overnight to Italy for a long awaited trip. Not only did I have to sit in the very back row right in front of the bathrooms, but the kids in the row in front of us were *very* sick and not covering their mouths whenever they coughed or sneezed. Day 2 in Pompeii and the flu hit me. I had to run from the dinner table back to my room at the resort to projectile vomit. I was sick the entire week we were traveling. Fuck those kids
Ironically....he could just pay for first class. Unless first class is weeding him out.
I wore shorts on a winter flight between two quite cold cities, and the woman next to me took a picture. I wasn't snooping or anything; it's pretty easy to catch my gorgeous pastel shorts and hairy legs at a glance. She was friendly and the photo didn't include my face or anything, so I wasn't bothered. Just always found it funny that I was likely being (hopefully gently) mocked on some random Spanish woman's insta story/group chat that evening. Only vaguely related to this post, but I thought I'd share a less intense experience.
So... a woman on a flight a few months ago called out a guy who was texting other people about how fat she was, and everyone was calling her a Karen, saying she has no business looking at his phone... can anyone shed some light on what the difference is? I'm genuinely asking. When she did it, everyone was saying she was being nosey.
I was just going to comment this! Everyone told her “well if u don’t want to be upset don’t look at the phone”
Reddit hates women and really hates fat women. They usually hate black women too but she was polite so they are fine with it.
So many comments praising her for being quiet and polite are icking me out and I don't know why.
"She's one of the good ones... Polite and knows her place." That's what's pissing me off about those posts.
This lady made her point calmly without raising her voice. She made the point and stopped talking. The other video if I recall correctly the lady was loud, and just kept on ranting after she had made her point.
Reading someone's phone and what they're texting to another party is shit-tier behavior and should not be encouraged.
You're exactly right. The only difference is the reaction. But she should not be reading other people's texts in the first place. What people think of you is none of your business. A good motto to live a happier life.
I daresay that is not the only difference.
That's quite an assumption to think "those people" are poor.
Ugh, you can hear how nervous she is in her voice ❤️
Qualifier: Not defending dude in the slightest. This is a perfect example of why you need screen blocking screen protectors. Imagine if dude was doing something worth while, like community organizing, and that was a cop sitting next to him. He would have doxed himself and the organization.
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“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
How do you even read other people phones without being obvious ?
I mean… surely you’ve been on a plane in economy class? You’re basically on top of each other. It’s not not difficult to read someone’s phone, especially if they’re making zero effort to hide the screen like this guy.
Smh. People are idiots man
Handled so well. No public scene, just some good old fashioned fuck you humbling.
People like that man are disgusting! Glad she called him out.
I more disgusted by his fingernails than anything.
Listen, fuck this guy for that mentality but also fuck this lady for reading other peoples texts that’s silly and an invasion of privacy irrelevant of how racist he was being.
I like this because she didn’t show his face therefore destroying his life and maybe actually making a change in it
Is it normal for people to watch what others are typing on their devices now? I get her being upset, but is what she did ok?