While getting ready to take the Blue Line after doing the River Ride, I noticed the above flyer posted all over the Long Beach station. It's from the wonderful people at the Bus Rider's Union.
Apparently, later today (Thursday 5/22), the L.A. MTA will be voting to raise the price of a monthly bus pass from $42 to $52 and to eliminate $.90 tokens and paper transfers. I'm taking this information off the flyer, I don't have any more information, nor can I be bothered to look for it.
What concerns me about this flyer is the overt race-baiting. Just because a fare hike might have a disproportionate impact on Bus Riders of Color doesn't make it racist. The flyer itself implicitly says that it will affect People of Pallor as well: "A yes vote will force many Black, Latino, Asian and working class riders to choose between food, rent..."
I guess the phrase "working class" includes not just the fair number of People of Pallor who ride the bus, but also Pacific Islanders, American-Indians, Middle-Easterners, Australian Aborigines, Inuits, and all the rest. But, bringing up the subject of the People of Pallor who would be affected by the fare hike would blunt both their attempts at getting white liberal guilt and anti-white sentiment, so I guess we can see why they left it off. Viva la revolucion, comrades.
MultiCultiCult · Wed, 05/21/2003 - 22:12 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
They mean discrimination, not racism. There isn't one bit of racism that I can read into this. They need to refine their baiting techniques.
"People of pallor." Now, that's uniquely hilarious. Very comedic. Man, I'm gonna go puke now.
Posted by: SSRIuser at May 22, 2003 4:48 AM