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"The guest was initially stopped because her shorts exposed a significant portion of her buttocks. She was given multiple opportunities to change or cover up..."

"... but refused. Instead, she responded with profanity and offensive conduct, including further exposing her buttocks." 

Six Flags responds to the woman who Facebooked her outrage at being asked to leave the amusement park because her shorts were extremely short. 

From the Facebook post: "Then [the park police officer] proceeded to follow me and grabbed my shoulder to turn me around and proceeded to tell me my shorts were 'too short.' I committed no crime and proceeded to walk to my boyfriend as I am autistic and have a hard time talking to officers. She followed me yelling and calling for backup... [W]e were about to leave and were blocked by your female officer from leaving and she pulled out her cuffs and demanded my ID. When we asked for probable cause their answer was 'because they are the police.'"

Video clip at the link, showing part of the interaction with the cop. Without the full context, I'm not going to opine on what the cop did. I'm wary of these videos that begin after conflict has escalated. But I support the park's requirement that guests keep their buttocks in their pants! By the way, the woman with the shorts is a petite and pretty white woman. The cop is a large black woman. Whatever the buttock exposure policy is at Six Flags, it has to be the same for whites and blacks, for the slim and the fat. Enforcing the policy on this woman is, I think, evidence that Six Flags is treating all its guests the same. Rules are rules. No exceptions.

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Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

m stone writes

I don't think you can make the case that all guests are being treated the same. Do you have evidence that black guests are also treated the same?

If Six Flags asks a black at the park to leave for exposing buttocks or ass cracks, I'll buy your argument. I'll also likely see the video on local news.

This could be interpreted as virtue signaling, with the park singling out only whites for breaking the rules. (I have no problem with the rules either.) I need to know more.

From my experience, exposure like this is almost a black cultural phenomenon. If so, the young white woman may be guilty of cultural appropriation. Horrors!


I can easily picture the park getting accused of racism for reassign I say in the post and what you’re saying here, in my view, reinforces my opinion.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"accused of racism for reassign I say in the post"

Should be: "accused of racism for reasons I say in the post..."

autocorrect