# Asking an African-American woman to give up a bus seat in the handicapped section makes me racist?

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**Created:** [November 17, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137 "2013-11-17T19:02:24Z")
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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-an-african-american-woman-to-give-up-a-bus-seat-in-the-handicapped-section-makes-me-racist/674137/5 "2013-11-17T19:26:51Z")

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I always ask the youngest looking adults. And when the elderly white male driver asked them to move, they ignored him.

Finally, a white middle aged woman got up and gave me her seat. As I sat down, I said “Maybe they’re pregnant.”

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