Comments on: Black Women Bike Happy Hour http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/06/black-women-bike-happy-hour/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Agog http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/06/black-women-bike-happy-hour/#comment-672 Agog Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:07:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=8071#comment-672 "… that being able to try new things is a form of privilege. Biking in the city is already daunting for some people; single parents who work at jobs that don’t include health insurance or sick days may– with good reason– think twice about taking risks they cannot afford." +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So now biking is BOTH a privilege (somehow denied to people of color) AND a risk (one that white people are disproportionately privileged to be able to take on)?  Curiouser and curiouser.... “… that being able to try new things is a form of privilege. Biking in
the city is already daunting for some people; single parents who work
at jobs that don’t include health insurance or sick days may– with good
reason– think twice about taking risks they cannot afford.”
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So now biking is BOTH a privilege (somehow denied to people of color) AND a risk (one that white people are disproportionately privileged to be able to take on)?  Curiouser and curiouser….

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