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On the subway, 5 women are talking and laughing and reveling in each other’s company. At the other end of the car, a man says “sshhh.” They ignored him. Imagine a woman ssshhing a group of 5 men on the subway. That’ll be the day! The fucking entitlement of him.
Update: On closer inspection it is now apparent that the man at the other end of the car is white. The women are Black. So he’s a racist and misogynist shit. Double fucking entitlement of him. As I said, they totally ignored him.
- I have never seen a Black woman sshhh a group of white men on the subway.
- I have never seen a woman sshhh a group of men on the subway.
- #FuckMisogyny and #FuckRacism.
- #HappyHolidaysToAll - be joyful and be loud!
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