You're racist if you like to be on time

[Standing Wolf]

Black people do not like to stand in line. The last time I rode the train I went from Baltimore MD to Charlottesville VA. All the white passengers lined up to board the train when it arrived. When they started boarding passengers all the blacks who had been milling around rushed to the front of the line, pushing everyone else out of the way. I have seen this behavior repeatedly in other crowded situations. Its not racial, its cultural. Its common practice in many Middle Eastern countries that a 2:00 appointment could mean showing up at 1:30 or 2:30.

Get used to it, its going to be the new normal.

I don't think the idea is so much that being on time yourself is supposed to be racist, but rather that insisting that others be on time is. It's fundamentally the same thought process as that which considers insisting on (or even caring about) correct math answers or that words are spelled correctly is racist.

As for the standing in line thing, we have a very small Black population here in Arizona, but of course many (a plurality, in fact, of) Hispanics, many of whom exhibit the same tendency. Mostly it's the younger ones - the ones who have come to believe that most gringos won't say anything about it.

[Cotton1]

I don't think the idea is so much that being on time yourself is supposed to be racist, but rather that insisting that others be on time is. It's fundamentally the same thought process as that which considers insisting on (or even caring about) correct math answers or that words are spelled correctly is racist.

As for the standing in line thing, we have a very small Black population here in Arizona, but of course many (a plurality, in fact, of) Hispanics, many of whom exhibit the same tendency. Mostly it's the younger ones - the ones who have come to believe that most gringos won't say anything about it.

What's a "gringo"?

[Captdon]

A gringo is a carbrona.

[Peter1469]

In the Army if you aren't 10 minutes early, your late. Even if you end up hurrying up and waiting.

I was conducting discovery in Puerto Rico for a case and the National Guard officials I was dealing with were always close to two hours late for any meeting. I caught on quick and turned a 2 day trip into a week trip and had a blast.