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I don't this this NYT writer is accurate in calling it "racism" by "white women" on the streets of New York, but I think he's onto something... I don't think it's even isolated completely to white wome in NY, but there are some real asshole women in NY and you typically come across them on the sidewalk and subway.
If I've seen 10 arguments on the subway, 7-8 of them will be started by women. If a pregnant woman gets on subway, a guy with crutches or an old person, women hardly if ever get up and offer a seat. One time I gave a pregnant women my seat and when I got up another woman jumped in the seat. But he's def right to say they are buried in their phones and could give fuk all to anyone on the sidewalk... today 3 women were walking, side-by-side, towards me on the sidewalk and not one of them budged or made room for me, so I found myself squeezing around them on the side, they didn't even blink. So it's not racism, more like entitled-ism or ass-hole-ism.
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NY Times reporter accuses white women of racism on city sidewalksThe New York Times is facing blowback on social media after publishing an essay by an African-American reporter who accused white women of racism for not ceding space on city sidewalks to black men.
In a Wednesday essay titled "Was That Racist," reporter Greg Howard singled out white women for forcing him "off the sidewalk completely" when walking toward him, not allowing a straight path.
"In seven years of living and walking here, I’ve found that most people walk courteously — but that white women, at least when I’m in their path, do not," Howard writes.
"Sometimes they’re buried in their phones. Other times, they’re in pairs and groups, and in conversation. But often, they’re looking ahead, through me, if not quite at me," he continues.
"When white women are in my path, they almost always continue straight, forcing me to one side without changing their course. This happens several times a day; and a couple of times a week, white women force me off the sidewalk completely. In these instances, when I’m standing in the street or in the dirt as a white woman strides past, broad-shouldered and blissful, I turn furious," Howard said.