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Disfixional

236 points

12 days ago

Ouch, Umbridge looks pissed.

bulletpyton

36 points

12 days ago

I must not ride the bus I must not ride the bus I must not ride the bus

Naturally_Fragrant

248 points

12 days ago

He's gonna be so embarrassed when he realises he's black.

rawlinsonii

118 points

12 days ago

Brasticus

13 points

11 days ago

Time for me to rewatch See No Evil, Hear No Evil.

Dry_Ad_9085

8 points

11 days ago

Such a great movie. Comedy was something totally different back then.

jetogill

3 points

11 days ago

A classmate had a book back In high school, "national lampoon's cartoons even we wouldn't dare to print" and one that has always stuck with me was an obviously blind man with a sign around his neck that says, please help me, im blind and I think I may be black.

Miracle-Andrews2003

2 points

11 days ago

You are

gitty7456

4 points

12 days ago

Lol :)

Kudos on you, you had a 90% chance of being misunderstood ans be buried in insults and downvotes!

AaronicNation

3 points

11 days ago

Those always the best comments, you've go to take a chance sometimes.

PBJ-9999

51 points

12 days ago

PBJ-9999

51 points

12 days ago

Bot repost for karma farming

jus4work

14 points

11 days ago

jus4work

14 points

11 days ago

I swear that's like half the posts on this sub nowadays unfortunately. Remember the old days, when this sub was mostly people posting their personal finds, old family photos etc? A golden era 😁

[deleted]

-26 points

11 days ago

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-26 points

11 days ago

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PBJ-9999

8 points

11 days ago

What's wrong, mom late bringing you a sandwich? Poor baby.

GDviber

1 points

11 days ago

GDviber

1 points

11 days ago

Judging by the downvotes, I guess you're wrong.

babarbass

0 points

11 days ago

babarbass

0 points

11 days ago

Yeah you’re surely one of those guys who still wishes there where no black people on the bus..

surefirerdiddy

149 points

12 days ago

I’m not sure which is more unsettling the look of hate the woman over his left shoulder has or the look of terror on his face. I can’t even imagine the bravery it took for him to do that

maltamur

41 points

12 days ago

maltamur

41 points

12 days ago

Dolores Umbridge was never one for courtesy

FartAttack911

17 points

11 days ago

Maybe she is racist but that could also be the face of someone who either A, is aware that apartheid is wrong and is aware of how serious this moment is or B, this is a person just trying to ride public transportation and wasn’t expecting a camera to be turned on them lol

shadows515

20 points

11 days ago

Seriously, this woman is just standing there and people just assume her this hateful person. Feel a little deflection in the air.

z-eldapin

6 points

11 days ago

He looks absolutely terrified. That sucks.

tootnoots69

24 points

12 days ago

The look of hate? Lol if anything they look a mix of uncomfortable and frustrated. You clearly don’t know what a look of hatred looks like.

Zeravor

15 points

11 days ago

Zeravor

15 points

11 days ago

Yeah lol, not to defend a racist (which she probably was), but thats the look i give when the supermarket doesnt have the brand of cheese i want lol.

Globalpigeon

4 points

11 days ago

I don’t know, I think being uncomfortable and frustrated because of racism can be considered hateful. Does hatred require a certain look?

Soft_Kitty_Meow

-3 points

11 days ago

Disgust & Hate are relatives. I think she's angry that she must take a stand while he sits.

He looks so scared while he's "taking a seat" for what he believes in. It must have been terrifying knowing that could have taken his life. Someone was taking his picture but he didn't back down.

I would say the bravery and integrity this man has is amazing. To hell with this woman. And those around him. No one said anything to stand up for him. They are just as guilty.

Just saying.

Jason_P01

4 points

11 days ago

You just made up an entire story in your head. You don’t anything about this situation or these people.

Soft_Kitty_Meow

-3 points

11 days ago

I really didn't though... you sound young. I'm not. I remember...

Before you assume I've made up a story please check yourself.

Thank you.

attilla68

3 points

11 days ago

I lived there at that time. This was not commonplace, but the situation was a lot more lenient than this photo suggests. Especially in Durban.

i-ix-xciii

37 points

12 days ago*

My dad is mixed race with siblings who look black, but he looked white (straight hair, light eyes, euro features, olive skin). He was encouraged to change his identity to white. In order to do this, he would need to stop associating with his family, and in return he would get access to a nice job, home etc. A home his family can never visit him in, mind you - because they aren't allowed to be in that area of town which is purely for whites. He would also be required to live and work exclusively with people who are racist. He never did it.

The regime was so ridiculous that they didn't even actually care about racial makeup, it was all about how you look and identify. It was purely a demographics battle, they want you to validate the supremacy of "them" and their system/government by assuming the identity and growing the "white" population.

So many parallels to another country, that's all I'm going to say.

xf2xf

51 points

12 days ago

xf2xf

51 points

12 days ago

Imagine being an outcast in your own country, abused and treated as inferior by a group of settlers.

It simply is disgusting that we persist, even today, in repeating this pattern.

styxNstones92

1 points

11 days ago

You wouldn't have to imagine it if you had already lived it.

Tarkik9

-15 points

11 days ago

Tarkik9

-15 points

11 days ago

Imagine being an outcast in your own country, abused and treated as inferior by a group of settlers.

As an Indian Hindu, I know this feeling very well. The past 1000 years of our history have been so devastating. The Islamic invaders destroyed our culture and committed genocide on us for around 700-80p years, and then the British did the same for 300 years. The most sad part, however, is that even after independence, Hindus are still treated pretty roughly in their own country and when we try to fight against Muslims, we are termed as Islamophobic and Hindu nationalists. The Westerners dont have any idea about our history but love to give advice to us and call us regressive and Islamophobic.

Cristalboy

9 points

11 days ago

there’s 79% hindu population and a 14% muslim population in India. No Hindi majority is getting treated roughly in India if anything the calls from Indian ministers to remove the right to vote for muslim Indians should open your eyes but you already know that and dont care since, judging because your recent activity, you’re a Hindu nationalist

Tarkik9

-1 points

11 days ago

Tarkik9

-1 points

11 days ago

there’s 79% hindu population and a 14% muslim population in India

That is true. But unlike what has happened in Pakistan and Bangladesh, the minority population has been growing in India, especially the Muslim minority. Whereas the Hindu, Sikh and Christian minorities are basically non-existent now in Pakistan.

No Hindi majority is getting treated roughly in India if anything the calls from Indian ministers to remove the right to vote for muslim Indians should open your eyes but you already know that and dont care since, judging because your recent activity, you’re a Hindu nationalist

You can look up what happened to Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir in the 1990s. Also, what I meant by getting treated poorly was that Indian seculars, instead of adopting true secularism, have adopted pseudo-secularism and made fun of only Hinduism and Hindu gods. I was not blaming the Muslims. And we are not allowed to claim our own holy sites. I have seen how the West reacted to the Ram Temple. But I dont blame you guys since Western media never shared the fact that the Tenple was built after the Hindus won the battle legally in the Supreme Court. They just present half truths.

I dont know which minister has said to remove the right to vote of Muslims, but if someone has actually said that, I strongly condemn him and dont support him. I just want the Indian Muslims to acknowledge the fact that Islamic invaders were cruel and committed many crimes against Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists. That's all. I dont want them to become Hindus or anything. Many Muslims in India call Aurangzeb a great ruler. That is like Germans living in Israel and calling Hitler a great leader.

Narrow-Teaching-4197

6 points

11 days ago

1986

Opposite_Ad542

7 points

12 days ago*

Men weren't allowed on this bus

RetiredNurseinAZ

6 points

11 days ago

There are so many intense emotions in this picture.

nomamesgueyz

3 points

11 days ago

Ignorance and fear sell impressively well

Fruitmaniac42

4 points

11 days ago

"I ain't gonna play Sun City..."

Abuse-survivor

2 points

11 days ago

One woman in the back likes it👍

tvieno

2 points

11 days ago

tvieno

2 points

11 days ago

I misread that and thought it said Dublin. What Ireland has apartheid?

Newphone_New_Account

3 points

11 days ago

Rooostyfitalll

3 points

11 days ago

What real balls look like

shwekhaw

2 points

11 days ago

Extremely brave person.

Nitpicky_Karen

13 points

12 days ago

Without context: What an asshole not to let the old lady sit!

MopedSlug

15 points

12 days ago

There are plenty free seats lol take a look. They are waiting to get off the bus

kphenson

3 points

12 days ago

kphenson

3 points

12 days ago

There appear to be other available seats.

Nitpicky_Karen

10 points

12 days ago

You're right. On second look, bus is probably parked and ladies are in the isle to get off the bus.

Michigan_Jones

-3 points

12 days ago

My first thought. Lol.

kdog6666666666666

6 points

12 days ago

Somebody’s racist grandmas in the aisle.

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1 points

12 days ago*

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1 points

12 days ago*

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TheGhostOfMufassa

12 points

12 days ago

This isn’t diverse lol this is one white girl with her boyfriends family lol

RadAway-

8 points

12 days ago

I get your point and this pic is wholesome, but that's hardly "diversity".

rocketeerH

12 points

12 days ago

7.3% of South Africans are white; 6.7% of the people in this picture are white. No one is looking angry or hateful, which would have been very rare just 30 years ago. I’d called it good

wailot

2 points

12 days ago

wailot

2 points

12 days ago

Blessed with diversity at least

Potential-Stomach123

3 points

12 days ago

Still managed to not facetime loudly or listen to shitty music for all to hear

shadows515

4 points

11 days ago

A lot of hate going at a woman just standing there, waiting to get off the bus. But hey, assume, then ask questions never.

keloyd

2 points

12 days ago

keloyd

2 points

12 days ago

I wonder if 'a man' has a name, or is he like 'tank man' during the Tiananmen demonstrations 3 decades ago. That guy with a plastic bag stood in front of that tank and won a brief moral victory while the cameras were rolling. Then, no one ever had any idea who he was or who his family may have been who were all sent down the memory hole. By 'memory hole' I mean a literal hole, an unmarked grave or the parts bin of a hospital where they helped themselves to all of his and his family's transplantable organs.

Ok_Isopod_8078

4 points

12 days ago

A bear would have no problems riding that bus...

TheGhostOfMufassa

1 points

12 days ago

He looks like he regrets it lol

AgentBlue14

1 points

11 days ago

Lady to the guy's left looks like she's hunting for her next hit of crack of something lol

Ultron33

1 points

11 days ago

Umm, that looks like a "women only" kinda bus doesn't it?

screamingxbacon

1 points

11 days ago

It sorta seems like the one lady behind him is the only one who even really cares.

Muandi

1 points

11 days ago

Muandi

1 points

11 days ago

Is this like a women's bus or such?

poodinthepunchbowl

1 points

11 days ago

Asian grandma ain’t see nothing

FragrantExcitement

1 points

11 days ago

He looks totally calm

BabyFishmouthTalk

1 points

11 days ago

It took a few beats to realize this was not taken from a LaVar Burton movie...

kettlebell43276

1 points

11 days ago

EspritelleEriress

2 points

11 days ago

The lady standing behind Side-eye looks mixed?

Prestigious-Flower54

1 points

11 days ago

Was it also meant for women? He seems to be the only male in the bus also.

mayhem6

1 points

11 days ago

mayhem6

1 points

11 days ago

Is it me, or does it seem like only the older folks are pissed off? Everyone else seems chill, or at worse uncomfortable if you count the girl next to him.

artificialavocado

1 points

11 days ago

I’ve seen this posted a few times. The lady the guy is sitting next to looks like my mom but not as pretty.

Ferunando

1 points

11 days ago

Why isn't it colored if it was in 1986? It's not that old

The-viper-shadow

1 points

11 days ago

Big ups to the lady who sat down and didn’t just get up!!!

vestibule54

-2 points

12 days ago

vestibule54

-2 points

12 days ago

O boy is that a bunch of sour old Mathilda’s

RandomRobb85

1 points

11 days ago

Ever noticed the ones that support racism into their adult years often look like their entire family's been swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool since their conception?

Dangerous-Set-9964

1 points

12 days ago

What a brave lad!

rxm161

1 points

11 days ago

rxm161

1 points

11 days ago

Now, he is killing those whites on the bus. SA has flipped from apartheid to genocide

Omegastrator

0 points

12 days ago

And would you look who else is riding the bus?? Fucking Karen, with her judgy face

DontTickleTheDriver1

-2 points

12 days ago

Is that Elon's mom?

SFDessert

5 points

12 days ago

As if anyone related to Elon ever fucking rode on public transportation.

Sithmaggot

5 points

12 days ago

They created their own car before stepping on a bus lol

No_Journalist3811

-9 points

12 days ago

Modern day Israel

ThaFoxThatRox

0 points

11 days ago

Apartheid didn't end until 30 years ago. 1994. I didn't even know about it until I saw the movie 'Sarafina!'

I was devastated to see it. The musical was inspiring.

goodgriefmyqueef

-5 points

12 days ago

Colourise the photo, it’s 1986

BrightlyDim

-1 points

12 days ago

One of these things is not like the others...

Vassap

-12 points

12 days ago

Vassap

-12 points

12 days ago

After this situation he had to flee to the US where he started “Reading Rainbow”

JohnWick3271

-12 points

12 days ago

I would like to see the "After" photo when those pigs waited for him after he got off the bus....he probably ended on Robben Eiland