Author Natasha Tynes publicly shamed a black Metro employee for eating on the train. Now people are criticizing her for shaming the woman and attempting to get her fired.
Passengers wait to board a Metro train. By Lindsey Bever Lindsey Bever General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 11 at 12:17 PM Author and World Bank employee Natasha Tynes has ignited a firestorm on social media, where she criticized a black Metro employee for eating on the train and reported the woman to transit officials.
The backlash was swift on Twitter, where people have been calling out the self-described “minority writer” for shaming a black woman and attempting to get her into trouble. Amid the uproar, she apologized, saying she was “truly sorry” for the tweet, which she acknowledged had been deleted. And by early Saturday morning, she had also set her account to private.
— Metrorail Info May 10, 2019 Tynes is the founder of Tynes Media Group and has written several pieces for The Post on parenting. She has not replied to requests for comment from The Post. “We think this is unacceptable and have no desire to be involved with anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to jeopardize a person’s safety and employment in this way.”California Coldblood said in a similar statement it was aware of what had occurred.“We do not condone her actions and hope Natasha learns from this experience that black women feel the effects of systematic racism the most and that we have to be allies, not oppressors,” the statement read.
Because of its support of Tynes, Unsuck DC Metro has lost hundreds of followers and been accused of being racist.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Poll: Metro’s reputation is improving, but that doesn’t mean more are ridingA 68 percent majority of the region’s residents rate Metrorail positively, up from 42 percent in 2017.
Read more »
China to bid on D.C. Metro rail deal as national security hawks circleChina's CRRC plans to bid on a big Washington D.C. subway project as it dou...
Read more »
The No. 2 Metro bus connects the fantasies and realities of Los AngelesMetro bus No. 2 connects some of the city's richest ZIP Codes to some of it's poorest: 92% of riders are people of color. Columnist Frank Shyong rode it for a week. These are the people he met.
Read more »
From Columbine to Aurora, the Denver area continues to see high-profile mass shootingsThat Tuesday afternoon’s attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch happened just miles from Columbine High School was sure to raise questions about whether it was inspired by the 1999 massacre, but the answer was not immediately clear.
Read more »
China to bid on D.C. Metro rail deal as national security hawks circleChina's CRRC plans to bid on a big Washington D.C. subway project as it dou...
Read more »
'Art of the Deal' co-author says he would like to rename the book 'The Sociopath''He has no conscience, he has no guilt,' Tony Schwartz said about the president.
Read more »
Co-author of Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ says the book should be reclassified as fictionPresident Trump's 1987 book 'The Art of the Deal' helped make the real estate developer one of the most famous businessmen in America. Now the book's co-author wants it taken out of print or reclassified as fiction.
Read more »
Asian markets plunge as U.S.-China trade deal appears in jeopardyAsian stock markets plunged in early trading Monday as trade negotiations between the U.S. and China appeared to be on the verge of collapse.
Read more »
Perspective | I am terrified my newborn girl will inherit my 22-year-long eating disorderShe will be with me at almost every moment, see everything I do, hear everything I say, and her little sponge-brain will absorb it all.
Read more »
POLITICO Playbook PM: Behind the scenes: The other big-donor confab in D.C. this weekBehind the scenes: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy just wrapped up his third big-dollar donor summit at the Willard Hotel in D.C. More in Playbook PM:
Read more »