tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post1013245089846462647..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: White fear of blackness on trainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-7079601716402773992010-10-10T19:14:43.104-05:002010-10-10T19:14:43.104-05:00Well, for one, the New York subway cars are laid o...Well, for one, the New York subway cars are laid out different than the CTA subway cars. In New York, all of the seats face the aisle, and there are less seats total per car. And on top of that, New York subways are probably more crowded. Chicago has two seats side by side in the body of the car that face the direction of travel. So you feel more like you're sitting next to someone than on the New York subway. This is speculative- I'm sure there are other reasons why this is so. Perhaps racial segregation, and racism, is simply more acute in Chicago. But the author of the NYTimes piece was describing the NYC-Providence commuter rail, so I wouldn't chalk it up to Chicago. Hard to say. It's certainly a problem in Chicago, though.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268192967377248928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-28526061251133869462010-10-10T05:26:54.910-05:002010-10-10T05:26:54.910-05:00Incredible. I have not witnessed this phenomenon i...Incredible. I have not witnessed this phenomenon in New York, Philly, or Berlin (can't comment on Vienna, since I've never seen a black person here). Do you think Chicago is particularly racist, or have I just not noticed it in other places?dnwnoreply@blogger.com