Comments by "Dennis Young" (@dennisyoung4631) on "Black Men Removed From American Airlines Flight For Insane Reason" video.

  1.  @PyrrhicPax  a truism: if you have experiential knowledge about one of the “isms” (ableism, racism, sexism, etc) - it usually means you can understand most of the others to at least some degree. This is because all forms of bigotry run on the same “firmware”, e.g. the same basic prejudices and thinking.
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  2. Something similar might well happen with some disabilities as well.
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  3. No, you’re most definitely NOT paranoid. I’d say you’re just being justifiably cautious. Being born disfigured and disabled, especially with certain disabilities, can lead to something that resembles “social phobia” - as well as wondering just who is going to try (assault, harass, abuse, bully, etc.) for you next. This also includes police. The sole benefit accruing from not being a person of color then is that one can “hide in plain sight” providing one works hard at it - keep moving, don’t attract any kind of attention, never argue, presume everyone has it in for you, and try to merge with the scenery as much as you can.
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  4. Substitute “steamship” or “train” for aircraft.
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  5. Prior to about 1977, the Airlines were considered to be public utilities - and regulated accordingly.
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  6. They most likely WERE.
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  7. Never been on one, ever - and that TSA deal sounds awful. I don’t blame you at all!
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  8. Might as well change their name to Axxxn Airlines.
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  9. In some ways, it has been the norm for those under proscription. (used by Douglass and DuBois)
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  10.  @jewiesnew3786  no, they wish to go back to Eugenics and “the great chain of being,” - Madison Grant rubbish.
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  11.  @StanViviLee  that especially.
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  12. Ideology?
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