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"Only on weekends and the holidays of the politically potent — Christmas and Rosh Hashana, for example, but not Martin Luther King’s Birthday — does it cease."
by assblaster 8y ago
"Only on weekends and the holidays of the politically potent — Christmas and Rosh Hashana, for example, but not Martin Luther King’s Birthday — does it cease."
Why does the author feel obligated to inject race into this story? The author could have said Labor Day instead (which would have been ironic).
- mcguire 8y agoMLK's birthday is a federal holiday---government offices and banks are closed. Most commercial enterprises don't take it off, though.
- ada1981 8y agoReal estate is inherently a race issue in that our country was built upon a system that denied blacks the right to own land for the better part of our history and has continued to make ownership difficult through higher interest rates and other schemes. Even our esteemed President worked to ensure blacks weren’t given access to real estate in NYC. Issues like this get press time in the paper of record over other actual issues that impact people who aren’t privileged.
- drharby 8y agoWell assblaster2, i think this reporter is what we call a race baiter