Affirmative Action Seat Buddies

I have been taking the bus to work. It saves me about 7 dollars a day, though it almost triples my travel time. But being a poor intern, I have more time than money. Also, the trees say thanks when I walk by.

The bus does provide a fantastic people watching arena, with demographics you can't find anywhere else. On the bus today I realized that black people are once again victims. They are victims of what I am calling "Affirmative Action Seat Buddies."

This is a situation which begins with a young black guy sitting next to the window, nodding to ipoded hip-hop [yes I am guessing, but I have yet to see someone get his nod on to Deathcab or an Of Montreal remix feat. DMX] , rockin [wearing] his Tims [Boots made by Timberland Inc.], and flossin [wearing, again] his jeans with patches that represent every NBA team, minding his own business. Sounds innocent right? Unfortunately this guy is a prime target for 'AASB'. Next, a 'progressive' middle aged white lady, who is already quite in love with herself for taking the bus to work, will survey the half full bus and choose to sit with him instead of the other middle age white people. This lady will then sit down, place her over-sized purse on her lap and sit there, very stiffly, with a look of disgusting self-satisfaction on her face as she looks around at all of the other white people up to their eyes in bigotry as they sit alone in a row and rejoices that she has saved the planet and bridged social bridges. All on the way to work.