It's rush hour. Christonicle, very pregnant, gets on the train. None of the salarymen sitting on the benches gets up. Then the large, tough looking black guy springs into action:
... He, in a very stern yet quiet voice (a voice implying pain cake was ready to be served) says "Which of you gentlemen is going to give this pregnant lady your seat?"
You all look up to see this man glower at you. You act surprised and taken off-guard because you can see the pain cake candles in his eyes.
You get up, pregnant gal sits down, and Terry Tate gets off at the next stop. ...
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relevancy?
By anon
Sat, 04/08/2006 - 3:09am
***wonders if Terry would have mentioned the man's race if he were white***
Dude.
By eeka
Sat, 04/08/2006 - 10:28am
In this instance, it's a physical descriptor. This is no different from saying "a little tiny blonde woman" (which implies race) was the one who spoke up. The person's telling a story about a stranger, and this gives us more of a visual of who the person was.
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missing the point here people
By fuzzyhohum
Fri, 04/14/2006 - 12:25am
you all are missing the point! there is a humorous series of short films starring linebacker terry tate in which he takes cubicle dwelling yuppies to school on the fine points of office etiquette. such as : "you kill the 'jo you make some mo'" the sorry ass suckah that polishes off the coffee pot and walks off without starting a new one gets his ass handed to him,and so forth.
my 64 year old mother had a broken foot for a few weeks while riding the t to work, far from offering her a seat, healthy young white yuppies frequently pushed her out of the way to board the car at park street. she was interested to notice that in all that timeshe had a large cast on her foot, the only people to ever offer her their seat were black men (she is white).
it's a disgrace. on the few occasions that other passengers have been quicker to offer up their seats to elderly, or pregnant passengers i felt ashamed.
I don't think you understand
By L
Sat, 04/08/2006 - 6:36pm
I don't think you understand the story...In this case, "Terry Tate" is a football player that the author was referencing, not the author of the blog. The fact that he is a big black man is an important story detail, as it explains why he reminded her of Terry Tate. Maybe you should read a little more carefully if you're going to get on your huffy bike?
Dear Anon
By Christonicle
Sun, 04/09/2006 - 12:14am
Dear Anon,
Terry Tate called and wants me to let you know it's okay. Really it's, okay. Just take a deep breath and put up that Huffy kickstand.
Please enjoy all that is Terry Tate before you go wondering is Christonicle is a racist. In fact, you need not worry one iota, she's not racist, in fact she's married to a black man--shocking huh?
It's nice that you have your racism action hero cape on, but please just make sure you have them on for a reason.
Cheers,
Christonicle
wow
By Aqua
Sun, 04/09/2006 - 7:29pm
wow! Such vehement deniles of racism when I don't believe it was ever even suggested by "anonymous."
it's worth considering why one uses racial descriptors to describe some and not others.
People, try reading the actual post before judging
By Chango
Tue, 04/11/2006 - 9:07am
If you read the original, on the authors blog not the hub, you'll find the she calls out 2 races, black and pasty--so enough with the 'why call out one race and not another' banter. Now be done with it!
just nitpicking
By Aqua
Wed, 04/12/2006 - 12:17pm
"pasty" is not a race, or at least not last time I checked...
Whateva....
By Chango
Thu, 04/13/2006 - 12:24pm
Aqua, get over it.
who asked you?
By Aqua
Thu, 04/13/2006 - 4:58pm
Don't remember anyone asking for your input.
you've got nothing to contribute, so shut your piehole.