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Judi Lynn

(160,554 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:53 PM Jul 2015

Racist New Yorker Berates MTA Employee: 'Learn to Speak English You F*cking Idiot' (VIDEO)

Racist New Yorker Berates MTA Employee: 'Learn to Speak English You F*cking Idiot' (VIDEO)

Post-racial America is still on hold until further review.

By Adam Johnson / AlterNet
July 24, 2015

I don't have much commentary to add except to say, "Holy god, this woman is a Grade A racist." It's as if a New York Post comment section came to life and started targeting public sector employees.

Warning: foul language, runaway white privilege, racism:



http://www.alternet.org/media/racist-new-yorker-berates-mta-employee-learn-speak-english-you-fcking-idiot-video
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Racist New Yorker Berates MTA Employee: 'Learn to Speak English You F*cking Idiot' (VIDEO) (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2015 OP
How many really think this way? heaven05 Jul 2015 #1
Horrible... Helen Borg Jul 2015 #4
From YouTube: This lady and her girlfriend were 7 minutes late getting their rental car 1monster Jul 2015 #10
there was some kind of fee heaven05 Jul 2015 #13
As a white American I am ashamed at this. I have witnessed this behavior way too many times. Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #2
Maybe it was removed from the video but I heard nothing virgogal Jul 2015 #9
right heaven05 Jul 2015 #14
I have seen some real meltdowns in those valet parking garages bluestateguy Jul 2015 #3
Yeah. My immediate reaction was that it wasn't... TreasonousBastard Jul 2015 #6
For someone who berates others for their supposed lack of English-speaking skills... KansDem Jul 2015 #5
I've seen parrots with larger vocabularies and better diction. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #7
What is the race of the person she is yelling at? virgogal Jul 2015 #8
Good question... Helen Borg Jul 2015 #12
I am reminded of something Fernando Llamas once said . . . markpkessinger Jul 2015 #11
Hahah! Helen Borg Jul 2015 #16
r e p u b l i c a n zebonaut Jul 2015 #15
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
1. How many really think this way?
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:59 PM
Jul 2015

This is truly why amerikkka can't ever rise above it's racist past and present. If she has kid, the includes the future also. This makes me angry, but also very, very sad, the person in the booth has to listen to this. At least the other person did try to stop the racist diatribe. She did comment.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
10. From YouTube: This lady and her girlfriend were 7 minutes late getting their rental car
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 07:00 PM
Jul 2015

Published on Jul 22, 2015
This lady and her girlfriend were 7 minutes late getting their rental car from the garage and had to pay for the hour. Rather than pay $15 like the rest of us, she decided to throw a fit.

I guess it is too much to hope for instant Karma; that HER boss will see this and fire her?

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
13. there was some kind of fee
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 12:05 PM
Jul 2015

associated with her parking privilege that was levied, late or some such as that.

Dustlawyer

(10,495 posts)
2. As a white American I am ashamed at this. I have witnessed this behavior way too many times.
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:04 PM
Jul 2015

It amazes me that I hear white people complain about minorities "always pulling the race card!" If you were treated like this even 2-3 times a year you would see racism in all sorts of situations. That's because it IS IN ALL SORTS OF SITUATIONS!!!

Being married to a black woman I have walked a mile next to her shoes and that was more than enough. Before you complain about Al Sharpton or some other black leader always talking about race, try to imagine this woman and several other like her, in your face several times a year and you just might begin to understand a little bit of what it is like.

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
9. Maybe it was removed from the video but I heard nothing
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:51 PM
Jul 2015

racial from the young woman,just foul language insults.

She needs a good kick in the ass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
3. I have seen some real meltdowns in those valet parking garages
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:04 PM
Jul 2015

The one I saw was not racial, but it was a large muscular woman screaming at the top of her lungs at the male parking attendant who looked to be about 5'6 and 150 pounds.

Parking makes a lot of people go batshit crazy.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. Yeah. My immediate reaction was that it wasn't...
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:09 PM
Jul 2015

primarily racial, but race was a convenient screaming point in the meltdown.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
5. For someone who berates others for their supposed lack of English-speaking skills...
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:07 PM
Jul 2015

...her English vocabulary leaves much to be desired.

DO YOU KISS YOUR MOTHER WITH THAT MOUTH??!!!

markpkessinger

(8,401 posts)
11. I am reminded of something Fernando Llamas once said . . .
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jul 2015

Llamas was appearing on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in the '70s, when Carson teased him about his accent. Llamas' reply:

When a person has an accent, it means they can speak one more language than you.
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