The Writer Who Lost Her Book Deal After Calling Out A DC Metro Worker For Eating On The Train Is Suing The Publisher For $13 Million

phildidge wrote:Natasha Tynes — who said she got death threats, was forced to leave the US, and had suicidal ideations in the viral aftermath of her tweet — accused Rare Bird Books of subjecting “an immigrant woman of color to this racial torment.”

Before May 10, Natasha Tynes, a Jordanian American writer, a mother of three, the sole breadwinner of her family of five, and a communications officer for World Bank Group, was looking forward to the June release of her new book, They Called Me Wyatt. She’d worked on it for four years.

Then, on May 10, Tynes — a self-described “social media maven” — tweeted a photo of a black DC Metro employee eating on a train, calling her out for breaking the transit authority’s rules.

The tweet went viral, inviting fierce backlash from people accusing Tynes of being “anti-black,” “entitled,” and a “terrible person.”

The subsequent uproar over her tweet cost Tynes her original book deal and pushed her to the “brink of suicide,” according to a new lawsuit Tynes filed against Rare Bird Books, the publisher for her book about the murder of a Jordanian student in Maryland.


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/dc-metro-writer-tweet-eating-train-book-sue-publisher

The world has truely gone mad. How on earth was what she said, anti-black??????

Jules wrote:

phildidge wrote:Natasha Tynes — who said she got death threats, was forced to leave the US, and had suicidal ideations in the viral aftermath of her tweet — accused Rare Bird Books of subjecting “an immigrant woman of color to this racial torment.”

Before May 10, Natasha Tynes, a Jordanian American writer, a mother of three, the sole breadwinner of her family of five, and a communications officer for World Bank Group, was looking forward to the June release of her new book, They Called Me Wyatt. She’d worked on it for four years.

Then, on May 10, Tynes — a self-described “social media maven” — tweeted a photo of a black DC Metro employee eating on a train, calling her out for breaking the transit authority’s rules.

The tweet went viral, inviting fierce backlash from people accusing Tynes of being “anti-black,” “entitled,” and a “terrible person.”

The subsequent uproar over her tweet cost Tynes her original book deal and pushed her to the “brink of suicide,” according to a new lawsuit Tynes filed against Rare Bird Books, the publisher for her book about the murder of a Jordanian student in Maryland.


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/dc-metro-writer-tweet-eating-train-book-sue-publisher

The world has truely gone mad. How on earth was what she said, anti-black??????

If I saw a transport employee eating on the job, I'd think  "Eww daft cow, how unhygienic."  I'd think she'd get a tummy bug. Their hands are constantly in contact with the hands of hundreds of commuters, ffs. 


But I certainly would NOT take her photo without her permission and upload it on SM, also without her permission.
Besides, I certainly would not put her job (her livelihood!) at risk. 


When will people learn that throwing someone on to the dole means that you convert their status from giver to taker.
(From tax contributor to benefit receiver)
And YOU, the complainant, will be the very one whose salary helps fund that ex worker's new life on the dole. 
Duh, thicko !  

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Silly self-entitled cow probably won't get anywhere with her lawsuit, (as what she largely appears to be doing, is blaming the innocent publisher for the consequences of her own big mouth and arrogant and self-righteous attitudes..).

She has got her name known and recognisable now, though..

What's the bet she will now have a new publisher within a few weeks -- no matter how crap a read her book turns out to be in reality ?

phildidge wrote:

Jules wrote:

If I saw a transport employee eating on the job, I'd think  "Eww daft cow, how unhygienic."  I'd think she'd get a tummy bug. Their hands are constantly in contact with the hands of hundreds of commuters, ffs. 


But I certainly would NOT take her photo without her permission and upload it on SM, also without her permission.
Besides, I certainly would not put her job (her livelihood!) at risk. 


When will people learn that throwing someone on to the dole means that you convert their status from giver to taker.
(From tax contributor to benefit receiver)
And YOU, the complainant, will be the very one whose salary helps fund that ex worker's new life on the dole. 
Duh, thicko !  

All very valid points, but
how was it anti-black?

Jules wrote:

phildidge wrote:


All very valid points, but
how was it anti-black?

I didn't say it was.
(Thanks for acknowledging that my points were valid tho.)
Didge, in an ideal world, colour would never enter the equation.
But it's far from an ideal world.
Some black people are very psychology damaged as a result of collective past experiences
hence their default setting in all their negative encounters  ..... is to blame all decisions on race
So it's probably worth treading cautiously sometimes, especially in minor matters.
Don't get yourself embroiled in a full scale social media race row over trivial shite.

Syl wrote:She should have taken the advice of the woman she was filming which was 'worry about yourself'.
If people filmed, made public and reported every little misdemeanour we saw on a daily basis, what a pathetically  petty  world this would be.

Vintage wrote:Exactly, if she had perhaps seen the driver tucking into a three course meal while in transit fair enough but someone maybe grabbing a quick snack, mind your own business and mind the step.

Vintage wrote:Glad I amused someone today at least!

It's the way you said it!   

Laters, ladies. 

Jules wrote:

Syl wrote:She should have taken the advice of the woman she was filming which was 'worry about yourself'.
If people filmed, made public and reported every little misdemeanour we saw on a daily basis, what a pathetically  petty  world this would be.

Like I said, this author should worry about the big things in life. Ignore petty shite.
Maybe the employee felt a bit light headed & faint, and decided to have a quick bite of a protein bar or a chocolate.
What of it? No harm done.  The world still turns.

Original Quill wrote:"Suicidal ideations"?  It appears to be a run-of-the-mill breach of contract suit, that Tynes is trying to parlay into a tort action so she can get punitive damages.

Meh...

Syl wrote:

Original Quill wrote:"Suicidal ideations"?  It appears to be a run-of-the-mill breach of contract suit, that Tynes is trying to parlay into a tort action so she can get punitive damages.

Meh...

I wonder if I could claim  from Didge claiming  suicidal tendencies when he starts harassing me unbearably?

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Maybe we could all make a class action suit for damages, for every time that 'smelly bandit' attacks our collective intelligences with any of his grossly offensive posts on here  ?

Original Quill wrote:

Syl wrote:

I wonder if I could claim  from Didge claiming  suicidal tendencies when he starts harassing me unbearably?

Perhaps a separate claim for damages associated with didge...call it digital injury.  Every time you get digitized, you can claim digital damages, even punitive digital damages.

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:

Maybe we could all make a class action suit for damages, for every time that 'smelly bandit' attacks our collective intelligences with any of his grossly offensive posts on here  ?

Original Quill wrote:

Syl wrote:

I wonder if I could claim  from Didge claiming  suicidal tendencies when he starts harassing me unbearably?

Perhaps a separate claim for damages associated with didge...call it digital injury.  Every time you get digitized, you can claim digital damages, even punitive digital damages.

Jules wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Perhaps a separate claim for damages associated with didge...call it digital injury.  Every time you get digitized, you can claim digital damages, even punitive digital damages.

Whoaa !
Sounds painful.
 
And some 'digits' are sharper than others.