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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Nov 11 16:29:44 2010, in response to Re: The B110 has a website, posted by BusMgr on Thu Nov 11 15:43:45 2010. Greyhound's customers included (and continue to include) black, white, and other races. Southern whites were Greyhound customers, possessed most political and economic power, a majority of whom wanted segregated buses, and that desire could be enforced (either legally, economically, or otherwise). While a majority of southern blacks may not have wanted segregated buses, Greyhound acquiesced to those demands of their customers with the political and economic power.Two major differences between Jim Crow and the B110: First, while a significant number of Blacks rode Greyhound and were relegated to the back of the bus, the B110's clientele is almost exclusively Jews who prefer to observe a certain custom of modesty. Second, the "rule" on the B110 is self-imposed by those passengers and those who don't follow the custom are free to break it, while Blacks who tried to sit in the front of the bus or refused to yield their seats to Whites were arrested, assaulted, or both. |
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