I don’t disagree with you. I imagine most public transit users are black, and it would make sense for their voices to be reflected.

But I will also say that oftentimes, people of color and immigrants, are a bit more hesitant to speak with reporters.

OP, what exactly are you upset about?

Is it the problems with the transit system outlined in the article you shared, or is it the fact that the article used a white person’s interview to publish and tell the story of how the transit system needs help?

If your answer is the latter, I would google the term “divide and conquer,” because that is how a ruling class achieves what is called redirection.

In even more simple terms, who’s your real enemy?

The people collecting taxes from you and putting it in their pocket while the infrastructure decays out of their sight, or is it the white person sat next to you on the bus on their way to work?

And to answer my earlier (rhetorical) question about your skin color, OP… the answer is “why would it matter what color your skin is?”

The article discussed very real problems with the transit system. If you’re unable to process that without posting on Reddit about skin color, you have been divided and conquered.

I am in Reisterstown and I have an enormous amount. As in, hundreds of full size shoots over ten feet. Hit me up if you want to come out.

I have some in Mt Washington. DM me. Have as much as you want.

Northern Parkway, just east of Falls Rd. there’s a ton.

There's a ton of it along the road/pathways behind the Baltimore zoo in Druid Hill Park.

There used to be a bunch around Roland park elementary school

Sounds like you have a lot of thoughts on the issue. Maybe write a piece for The Banner and interview the people you choose because that is how journalists work.

I was hoping you were from the National Zoo and were going to announce that they'd start renting out their pandas to clear bamboo the same way goats are used to clear weeds.

If you go here on the Stony Run Trail there is a huge stand of it. It’s an invasive species so you can remove as much as you want, if you can haul it out of there.

Baltimore Banner showing it’s ass again

Are you offering to get rid of it yourself? I have an elderly family member in Lutherville with a lot of bamboo

Now the governor, speaker of the house, mayor of Baltimore, attorney general, states attorney, chief of police are all black, so, maybe that will change. Black women are the biggest voting bloc in the city, so locally they have a lot of power. But for stuff like bus lines you need the Governor on board.

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> It’s definitely a weakness in the Banner.

And a weakness in this sub too. And like, American life in general, lol. Black folk will scream something from the rooftops but so often nobody really takes heed until some white person echoes the same thing. (this is also the case with Men saying things Women have said in meetings in corporate settings)

Nah, went to cozy corner instead and it was great. Going back today actually lol.

Ah crap. Sorry. Covid casualty I assume. Did you find any? I wanted to mention The Ambassador or Namaste, but I haven't been by in a while.

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Exactly. When their editor did her AMA on this sub, I specifically asked her about getting away from the focus on white people problems and talking to residents in neighborhoods outside of the burbs/White L where all of their reporters live. They've been better than The Sun, but there is still a ton of need for improvement.

It’s definitely a weakness in the Banner. The tendency of the white-middle aged reporters who mostly live in north Baltimore to interview their friends and do stories about what their friends think is interesting. That’s even their pitch, we do stories about YOU! Tell US what to write about! So you get stories about people who raise chickens, or found a weird coffin in a park, or went camping and a pony at Assateague got into the beer. They’re writing for the audience that will pay for a subscription. And eat at Atlas. And click on whatever that Men’s Rights ad is about.

Some people want to make everything about race.

Ah, the only pic I see is of people boarding a bus. I read the article and thought "relatable". What color her skin might be didn't really cross my mind because this is an every person who has to ride the bus story (or chooses to as many advocate for in lieu of cars). Google stalking her didn't cross my mind. Edit: because my grammar sucks sometimes.

>Maybe centering white people on an issue that disproportionately affects Black people is ... offensive?

The Banner can't interview a white person (did it even mention her race?) who had a bad experience on a bus? I don't understand the outrage or how that interview is offensive.

And perhaps a solution to this might be to focus on passenger vans rather than large buses to get people to where the jobs are? The current system clearly is failing in its mission.

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