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In the discussion thread: Civil rights in Chile: Maid refuses to get on bus [View all]

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Sun Jan 22, 2012, 05:08 AM

Matariki (14,991 posts)

21. I'm sure it's more about not wanting to encounter someone of a different class on their street.

I mean "aawkwaaard", right?

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
Civil rights in Chile: Maid refuses to get on bus [View all]	Judi Lynn	Jan 2012	OP
What a crazy rule. I mean the maid is in the house all day. There must be some trust there.	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#1
Oh but that is THEIR own maid...	MicaelS	Jan 2012	#2
Really crazy isn't it. Why would the an employee want to robb the neighbor and put the job on the	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#6
It's beyond crazy. It's reprehensible. n/t	pnwmom	Jan 2012	#12
If I were the maids I sure start a boycott	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#13
I'm sure it's more about not wanting to encounter someone of a different class on their street.	Matariki	Jan 2012	#21
Totally right. LOL	southernyankeebelle	Jan 2012	#25
Sounds like what the 1% wants for all of us.	Denninmi	Jan 2012	#3
+1	txlibdem	Jan 2012	#4
You see the future clearly.	BeHereNow	Jan 2012	#16
"The workers walking in the street and the children on bicycles?"	Warpy	Jan 2012	#5
Sounds like the south in the years before (and to some extent after) the civil rights movement. nt	MADem	Jan 2012	#7
Pinochet's legacy. nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#8
Exactly!	DBoon	Jan 2012	#15
As if their neighbor's maid were a dog roaming loose in the street.	Quantess	Jan 2012	#9
Unbelievable rationale given by the administration. From the article:	Judi Lynn	Jan 2012	#10
Remember, in Bolivia, the indigenous Bolivian people were not allowed to walk on the sidewalks.	Judi Lynn	Jan 2012	#11
100% correct	malaise	Jan 2012	#22
I don't like it, but what's the solution?	David__77	Jan 2012	#14
Well, if that's the case, then maybe the rich people who live in them can	Cleita	Jan 2012	#18
They can, and perhaps should, but...	David__77	Jan 2012	#20
Someday there will be no response? No, not without our efforts to change how things are	CreekDog	Jan 2012	#27
Think harder	CreekDog	Jan 2012	#26
Yes and no. After all, the sidewalks are public accommodations.	Bucky	Jan 2012	#33
Reminds me of Beverly Hills in the sixties.	Cleita	Jan 2012	#17
Reminds me of Rosa Parks refusing to SIT at the back of the bus.... nt	riderinthestorm	Jan 2012	#19
It might well be LA in the 2020s as well.	Bucky	Jan 2012	#32
It's just the same in fenced off rich communities in the US.	fasttense	Jan 2012	#23
Is it time	carla	Jan 2012	#24
No need to go to Chile.	Beacool	Jan 2012	#28
I like the solution by the employer on her side	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2012	#29
Hah! nt	Lucky Luciano	Jan 2012	#30
Badass.	boppers	Jan 2012	#31

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21. I'm sure it's more about not wanting to encounter someone of a different class on *their* street.

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21. I'm sure it's more about not wanting to encounter someone of a different class on their street.