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A comment on Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law. Parent comment

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by cabaalis on Thursday April 11, 2019 @12:17PM (#19636166)
What you did was perfectly legal, and I assume that your state, like mine, has a law about stopping for pedestrians in the crosswalk. I feel the need to ask though why the race of the man who yelled at you bears mentioning?
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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by just_steve_h on Thursday April 11, 2019 @01:49PM (#19637222)
Why do you find it worth asking why I mentioned his race?

There is certainly a strong relationship among perceived entitlement/privilege, apparent race and ethnicity, and apparent gender. I shouldn't need to explain this.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by cabaalis on Thursday April 11, 2019 @06:30PM (#19639929)
I asked because it changed the timbre of your anecdote from one of cars vs. bikes to one of race vs. race. Was this person yelling at you because you're on a bike, or because of your apparent race?
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