
Joy in a Police State
by fritztucker
Although the video of this young girl’s spontaneous dance party has been viewed by millions, energetic outbursts by young children on the subway are more typically followed by a parent threatening or abusing the child if he or she doesn’t sit still. I witnessed one such scene on a nearly empty E train the other day. I’ve observed scenes like this regularly since I began riding the subway daily as a teenager. More often, I noticed public child abuse at the […]
Categories: Fritz Tucker, ZiLL • Tags: African-Americans, anthropology, education, ethics, History, New York City, police state, politics, sociology, subway