tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post112205432900152657..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Random searches my black ass...!Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122410343378673592005-07-26T15:39:00.000-05:002005-07-26T15:39:00.000-05:00i appreciate that we can comment and turn things i...i appreciate that we can comment and turn things into a mini-forum. knowledge is power and with so many bright and passionate folks here, i know my ass is put on the school bus daily.<BR/> madgerino, i am sorry that you were fearful of replies to your comment. i was confused as to your wording, though i understand the content. thanks for the clarification.<BR/> what is happening here is something positive, even if we do have to work out some kinks to better understand one another.<BR/> it truly is all "our" problem. every time i get that itch to go back to the 'old country', i know i have to put salve on, and not scratch. i can't make a difference if i haul my pissed off ass out of here. <BR/> i'm right behind you, watching your back too, in faith that you are watching mine...monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309556275463387118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122396915257333202005-07-26T11:55:00.000-05:002005-07-26T11:55:00.000-05:00A bitch agrees that the problem is "our" problem a...A bitch agrees that the problem is "our" problem and that folks need to unify to address it. But my ass does feel that "suspects" are all too often minorities, which I think Monkey was trying to clarify.<BR/><BR/>We are in a world of shit and we are in it together...you watch my back Madgerino and I'll watch yours...Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122335536356861522005-07-25T18:52:00.000-05:002005-07-25T18:52:00.000-05:00We were being watched in a prominent Chicago resta...We were being watched in a prominent Chicago restaurant and a white couple slipped out without paying. We said that is what they get. Most of the time, it is not Blacks who will do things, but those who can blend in need to be watched.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515523400127073358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122329113569496002005-07-25T17:05:00.000-05:002005-07-25T17:05:00.000-05:00i was slightly disturbed to read this by another c...i was slightly disturbed to read this by another comment poster...<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/>"ABB, I'm a reg reader and fan. And I agree with most all of what you've written above, except I need to point out -- it's happening to us angry white bitches, too."<BR/>----------------------------------<BR/> firstly, i was bothered by the word "except" in that comment. abb's post reflects her experiences with so-called random searches, and the very real devestation of racial profiling. you agree with all of it, "except" she didn't list that angry white bitches get searched too? is it abb's job to be all-race inclusive in her writing? excuse me, but there is just no wiggle room to say you agree with her post, EXCEPT, it's happening to angry white bitches too. list your experience, dear woman, but please note your experience of being searched, however awful, is not because of your race. until you have lived in another's skin, the experience is not the same.<BR/> i don't wish to down-play madgerino's very obvious sexual harassment ("search") at the airport, because that in itself is very traumatic and should not go un-checked. it just seemed more like a case of defending whiteness. <BR/> the duty of ending racism (even in it's most subtle forms) is not the task of folks of color. most big cities offer free workshops for white folks to start making a difference.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309556275463387118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122315342668467642005-07-25T13:15:00.000-05:002005-07-25T13:15:00.000-05:00ABA, Grrrrl talk that talk. One of the best posts ...ABA, Grrrrl talk that talk. One of the best posts evah ! Here in Boston, we are not having random searches on our transit system in Boston, because given away 5000 keys to people so what's the point. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/25/mbta_admits_master_keys_tough_to_track/.Jscothammerquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094030923026048449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122294825105076832005-07-25T07:33:00.000-05:002005-07-25T07:33:00.000-05:00Glad to see you're still blogging away...Glad to see you're still blogging away...princessdominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487209892843939470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122238442114074782005-07-24T15:54:00.000-05:002005-07-24T15:54:00.000-05:00We all might as well wipe our collective asses wit...We all might as well wipe our collective asses with the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. I'm sure Ben Franklin et al are all spinning in their graves.Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122222705254525552005-07-24T11:31:00.000-05:002005-07-24T11:31:00.000-05:00I think some of it is class profiling too. I get f...I think some of it is class profiling too. I get followed around most of the stores I go in and I'm a cracker. I think it's because I look like the poor grad student I am. The other day, I got so sick of being followed around Chapters Books that I handed the security dick the books I was planning to buy and stormed out. If you're middle-aged, white and in a suit, they won't bug you. Otherwise, they just don't want your business. Fuck 'em. I hope they all go broke.Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122169006974655382005-07-23T20:36:00.000-05:002005-07-23T20:36:00.000-05:00"crack pot MoFo transit cop with a hard-on for any..."crack pot MoFo transit cop with a hard-on for anything non-Caucasian license to harrass"<BR/><BR/>ooooh nugget, i know what i'm using for my new email siggy :)Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247304081342415827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122159270438043102005-07-23T17:54:00.000-05:002005-07-23T17:54:00.000-05:00Yet another stunningly well-written post, ABB. Kud...Yet another stunningly well-written post, ABB. Kudos to you! And I add my heartfelt apologies to you and ABB Sr., on your unfortunate Sak's experience.<BR/><BR/>Being a New Yawhker (by marriage, not by birth), I agree with everything everyone else has said, and will add to that, that the searches are nothing more than a knee-jerk publicity stunt by the mayor's office as an outward sign of doing something, when as is evidenced by London being hit, YET AGAIN, and now Egypt (sympathies all around to your international readership), there is nothing anyone can actually *DO* to prevent this kind of nonsense. And although I do see the searches as being an *attempt* at doing something, sadly it does nothing more than just slow down everyone else in the process, as well as give some crack pot MoFo transit cop with a hard-on for anything non-Caucasian license to harrass.<BR/><BR/>Power corrupts.Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122136494459086262005-07-23T11:34:00.000-05:002005-07-23T11:34:00.000-05:00AMEN!!Halleluah!!Preach on sister ABB....preach on...AMEN!!<BR/>Halleluah!!<BR/>Preach on sister ABB....preach on.Da Professahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440376187151825719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122084215101386462005-07-22T21:03:00.000-05:002005-07-22T21:03:00.000-05:00I love the name of your blog.I love the name of your blog.Christopher Trottierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07213876422367028713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122083226211394162005-07-22T20:47:00.000-05:002005-07-22T20:47:00.000-05:00Glad you liked your medicine. But if you come to ...Glad you liked your medicine. <BR/><BR/>But if you come to my pharmacy, we're going to search your bags. <BR/><BR/>Just kidding!<BR/><BR/>Love you!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183258048103643990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122081661839154392005-07-22T20:21:00.000-05:002005-07-22T20:21:00.000-05:00I'm not talking about all asians, let's get that s...I'm not talking about all asians, let's get that straight ....Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118009446864564531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122079915798908842005-07-22T19:51:00.000-05:002005-07-22T19:51:00.000-05:00I'm sorry that happened to you and your mom, ABB. ...I'm sorry that happened to you and your mom, ABB. Today I was on the train heading into manhattan, when we got a message from the conductor saying that starting today the police would be conducting random searches... You should have seen every little fucking brooklyn hipster checking out all the black people with backpacks. I couldn't fuckin' believe it. <BR/><BR/>Racial profiling is alive and well in New York. However, I'm only bothered by the Asians in Chinatown but then again, they always think everyone is trying to steal something.Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118009446864564531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122079389954358882005-07-22T19:43:00.000-05:002005-07-22T19:43:00.000-05:00So even the white 'liberal' media here in London i...So even the white 'liberal' media here in London is starting to support a reintroduction of our archaic SUS laws - you remember, Search On Suspicion, the rancid legislation we had in the 1980s that allowed any black guy who didn't look like he had a Harvard degree and a job in the square mile to be apprehended by the cops and forced to prove his innocence. Jesus Christ - they yak on about how disgraceful it is that in the US juries don't appertain to the privacy we have here (viz the Michael Jackson case) while talking about protection and freedom of speech. Freedom of whose speech? On the radio we already had dumbass cranks describing how they'd think twice and reconsider where they were sitting if an asian or black person of a certain age was in their carriage. That's freedom of speech in a time of crisis alright. 25 years or so since Linton Kwesi Johnson's poem about the SUS laws brought it all home and how far have we really come? Any day now we'll have Sky News (our version of Fox) reporting with the Clash's 'London's Burning' like some sort of OC soundtrack. I say stay vigilant - but stay angry.Ian Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477534686202539303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122076148360286012005-07-22T18:49:00.000-05:002005-07-22T18:49:00.000-05:00I'm originally from Gotham and family still lives ...I'm originally from Gotham and family still lives in Harlem (they gonna be the last black family to leave). Back in the 80s I remember my father got arrested in one of the sweeps they were doing in the subways. Supposedly for not paying fare. Bullshit tactics was declared unconstitutional as they were arresting everyone but the rats. I see times have changed but the song remains the same.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247304081342415827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122065497015143842005-07-22T15:51:00.000-05:002005-07-22T15:51:00.000-05:00just rememeber not to end up hating nyc, but the p...just rememeber not to end up hating nyc, but the people who have caused us to now live this way.notfornothinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118259816020423568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122065276406375332005-07-22T15:47:00.000-05:002005-07-22T15:47:00.000-05:00A bitch forgot about the Jumping Bean being search...A bitch forgot about the Jumping Bean being searched! Brown people, women in scarves, ethnic minorities and their friends(Miz Nemebabe), and babies! Yeah...my ass feels so much safer! Jesus!Shark-Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1122064688381293412005-07-22T15:38:00.000-05:002005-07-22T15:38:00.000-05:00The Jumping Bean (a three-and a half-foot tall, au...The Jumping Bean (a three-and a half-foot tall, auburn-haired, green-eyed rugmonkey) was not only thoroughly searched, but reduced to TEARS when the TSAssholes did their thing back in June. Fuckery knows no bounds.<BR/> <BR/>What pisses me off is the illusion that victimizing ordinary travelers is making everyone "safe." My ASS. <BR/> <BR/>Security is a joke -- at least in Philadelphia. We had a girl raped in BROAD daylight at a subway station earlier in the week.CrankyProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032272009661743761noreply@blogger.com