Comments on: Are high-occupancy toll lanes racist?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:34:37 +0000

It’s important not to confuse the real with the ridiculous. Also, contrary to what some of the responses suggest, low-income and minorty does not simply mean black.

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:33:28 +0000

WWNPS? (What would Nancy Pelosi say?, too!)
WWJJSSLFSAWC? (What would Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Louis Farrakhan say–and why care??)

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:06:54 +0000

WWJCS? (What would Jimmy Carter say?)

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:27:33 +0000

Only if the mannequin you use to cheat the system isn’t the proper shade of neutral plastic.

By: ras

ras — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:45:08 +0000

Are high-occupancy toll lanes racist?

About as much as a two-lane blacktop with a solid white line on top, oppressing it.

By: nevins

nevins — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:45:38 +0000

“..claims adding HOT lanes would cut out poor and minorities by defacto.”

I’ve read the story repeatedly and cannot fathom how there could be any disparate impact, much less overt discrimination. Is there some defacto reason why 3 or more blacks cannot sit in a car in the same manner that any other race could coexist in groups of 3 (or more)?

Most of America is willing to move beyond race; it’s time for everyone to stop tolerating crap arguments like this.