An “extra awesome” rush-hour commute on Chicago’s red line in March had some riders “nearly moved to tears” as the “whole car was talking about white privilege and capitalism.” Some of those capitalists simply trying make their way home on Friday evening were treated to another installment of the #TrainTakeover in Chicago, with sympathy takeovers scheduled for New York and Oakland.
What did regular commuters learn this time around?
#TrainTakeover #BlackLivesMatter CTA Red Line pic.twitter.com/xCdp6JE929
— kathychaney (@kathychaney) May 15, 2015
The U.S. holds 25% of the world's prison population & just 5% of the population. #traintakeover pic.twitter.com/9SGNPevZ7i
— Holly Sanchez (@bollyhanchez) May 15, 2015
Black barbershops in Florida #TrainTakeover #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/smM76huzXL
— kathychaney (@kathychaney) May 15, 2015
Jaydon Washington (14) listens as a protester sings a song about police violence for #TrainTakeover. pic.twitter.com/3aOEMB33oU
— Tyler LaRiviere (@TylerLaRiviere) May 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/literalhuman/status/599342678325727233
Protester listening to fellow protesters sing and recite poetry on a Redline train to 95th for #TrainTakeover. pic.twitter.com/IHTLXE1Jqo
— Tyler LaRiviere (@TylerLaRiviere) May 16, 2015
Two protesters play instruments, while others get seated on a northbound Redline train to Howard for #TrainTakeover. pic.twitter.com/mnSeRf88WO
— Tyler LaRiviere (@TylerLaRiviere) May 16, 2015
Stand up, Chicago! #TrainTakeover #BlackLivesMatter @fox32news pic.twitter.com/IXx03Ey60s
— Dan Beam (@danbnchi) May 16, 2015
Are they chanting, “All lives matter”? Didn’t Cornell University’s police chief have to issue an apology to the campus for using that phrase, which represents “the disrespectful pushback against #BlackLivesMatter on many Internet forums”?
#TrainTakeover this is the America I read about and the America that inspired my activism and protests for social justice. #BlackLivesMatter
— Noorjahan Akbar (@NoorjahanAkbar) May 16, 2015
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