We image searched "Uber" and "gay" and this is what we found. Lazy? Ayup. (Image via this Twitter user. ) Seems every time Uber shows up in a new place there's a fight. Usually it's over whether the company is pushing taxis out of business or adequately protecting its drivers or customers, yadda yadda. But West Virginia is special, because it wants to also
It would be cool to learn more about day to day life in segregated America in Black History Month, in ways like this that really drive home the fact that it was real people, trying to organize their lives around a culture that directed violence against them.
And beyond giving perspective, it brings up these comparisons with contemporary life.
But yeah, we don't need Black History Month. Where's White History Month?
Pittsburgh is fairly close to West Virginia, and here the litmus test is generally "Hey, the dress code for this dinner is 'business casual.' Where's your Steelers' jersey?"
"Even foreign black dignitaries were not immune to the discrimination that African-American travelers routinely encountered. In one high-profile incident, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, the finance minister of newly independent Ghana, was refused service at a Howard Johnson's restaurant at Dover, Delaware, while traveling to Washington, D.C., even after identifying himself by his state position to the restaurant staff."
Ahh. It sure is nice to be one of the most civilized countries in the world.
That's really interesting.
It would be cool to learn more about day to day life in segregated America in Black History Month, in ways like this that really drive home the fact that it was real people, trying to organize their lives around a culture that directed violence against them.
And beyond giving perspective, it brings up these comparisons with contemporary life.
But yeah, we don't need Black History Month. Where's White History Month?
Pittsburgh is fairly close to West Virginia, and here the litmus test is generally "Hey, the dress code for this dinner is 'business casual.' Where's your Steelers' jersey?"
Here's a Nice Time from that wikipedia article:
"Even foreign black dignitaries were not immune to the discrimination that African-American travelers routinely encountered. In one high-profile incident, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, the finance minister of newly independent Ghana, was refused service at a Howard Johnson's restaurant at Dover, Delaware, while traveling to Washington, D.C., even after identifying himself by his state position to the restaurant staff."
Ahh. It sure is nice to be one of the most civilized countries in the world.
Well, Florida is sort of a penis gun. In both appearance and practice.
If you haven't read it, Sundown Towns is a good book on the subject.
http://www.amazon.com/Sundo...
I think the Uber drivers only get upset when the gays enter the car through the back door
Replace 'gay' with 'black' and read it again. Then replace 'gay' with 'Christian' and read it again...
Public education is a responsibility of the State legislature. Garbage in, garbage out....
AF makes it easy. "If you ain't a fighter pilot, you ain't shit." Which means that all fighter pilots are shit, I guess......
I could never wrap my head around monotheism's love for human sacrifice.
Garbage in, garbage out.
"Mommy, why is there a bloody corpse hanging from a torture device on our wall?"
Right cuz we all know that gay is just a gateway choice that always leads to the real party!
Hey man I'm with you. Hippie is not a choice...I was born this way.
'Zactly. What they're saying, loud and clear, is, "Fuck the Golden Rule. Treating everyone equally is against my religion."
"Protected status"? Does that mean if they don't have it, you can hunt them?
Do Republicans have "protected status"?
mark, just asking