Rapid buses banned from mall entrance…
November 27th, 2006 by AndyOK… so, I wasn’t going to write about this here but… well… I just can’t help seeing this from a justice perspective…
If you haven’t heard about RiverTown demanding the immediate removal of the bus stop from their property, please take a moment and read this article.
As a daily bus rider this is just very offensive and frankly pretty depressing. This seems like classism to me. Zimmerman pretty much comes out and says he doesn’t consider anyone who might ride the bus a ‘mall customer’ and he would rather they not be allowed to somehow upset the hummer-driving, suburbia-dwelling rich folk that are considered ‘mall customers’… Dang it, I was trying not to get worked up on the blog, but… * sigh * well anyways, if you feel like this is an issue of justice and would like to lend your voice, head on over here for some links to RiverTown management as well as the mall owners.
Remember, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” -MLK
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What better place to post this outrage than on a church website; I’m so glad you did! After 35 years of advocacy for folks with disabilities, it still can shock me that responsible business people can make such heartless decisions, with blatant disrespect for other human beings. If Zimmerman could experience 24 hours trapped in a body that can’t “hustle across the parking lot” to get out of the rain, snow, hail, wind….
Many of the people I’ve worked with over the years take the bus, because they don’t have the resources to buy or operate a vehicle. What they DO have are mountains of physical challenges to overcome with every simple activity. Just talking, getting dressed, or facing the stares of strangers because they look “different” takes patience and courage. How tragic that someone can make things even MORE difficult for them.
I hope you will all write to RiverTown management and mall owners!
Comment by sherry gant — November 30, 2006 @ 10:12 am