Jabbor Gibson
So here's a story that will make you stand up and go WTF?! Jabbor Gibson is 18-years-old, and stuck in New Orleans after the flood. He finds an abandoned school bus, jumps in, loads it with strangers -- about 100 passengers. He drives for 7 hours, all the way to Houston Astrodome, beating the official rescue buses there. American hero, or what?!
Now read the news as it is reported by the media. Gibson's act is repeatedly referred to as using a "stolen" bus -- in fact, the article says that "the 18-year-old who ensured their [the passengers] safety could find himself in a world of trouble for stealing the school bus." Instead of emphasizing what a great thing the young man did, the article repeatedly refers to him as a thief, and points out that "sixty legally chartered buses were expected to arrive in Houston throughout the night." Yes -- "legally chartered buses."
So, a question to the world out there -- if this kid was a white kid, with an upper-to-middle-class background, would he still be a thief or a hero?
Now read the news as it is reported by the media. Gibson's act is repeatedly referred to as using a "stolen" bus -- in fact, the article says that "the 18-year-old who ensured their [the passengers] safety could find himself in a world of trouble for stealing the school bus." Instead of emphasizing what a great thing the young man did, the article repeatedly refers to him as a thief, and points out that "sixty legally chartered buses were expected to arrive in Houston throughout the night." Yes -- "legally chartered buses."
So, a question to the world out there -- if this kid was a white kid, with an upper-to-middle-class background, would he still be a thief or a hero?
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ReplyDeleteProbably it would mean that. If he were Brad Pitt's son (if Brad Pitt had an 18yr-old son) than he would be an all-round hero. I can't believe that, in a destroyed town, people would be so stuck-up on enforcing "the law". So 100 people were saved. That's it. Nothing wrong happened here. Is it possible that something right might have happened. Those people that got on the bus might not have been able to get onto the "legally chatered buses." At a time when my brain isn't working, there are no words to express my confusion with this situation.
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