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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Bus driver tells would-be passenger he wasn’t picked up ‘because you are black’</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The incident which happened in Edgartown Mass., on July 11 led to the bus driver being fired for the overt racism</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority says the exchange was caught on video Wednesday afternoon</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><img class="alignnone wp-image-296104" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Racist-bus-driver-fired-in-Marthas-Vineyrd-1.jpg" alt="Racist bus driver fired in Martha's Vineyrd 1.jpg" width="669" height="444" />Racist bus driver fired in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard after he told a stranded would-be passenger his color precluded him from being picked up</span></strong></h6>
<div class="wp-caption-text featured">A Massachusetts bus driver has been fired for telling a would-be passenger that he wasn’t picked up because he’s black.</div>
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<p>The Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority says the exchange was caught on video Wednesday afternoon.<br />
Transit officials say the bus was traveling from Edgartown to Oak Bluffs when the driver passed the person. The bus was at capacity, but officials say the driver had failed to switch on the marquee indicating it was full.<br />
The man took an Uber to Oak Bluffs, where he caught up with the bus and questioned the driver about why he was passed by.<br />
At first, the driver said the bus was full. But when pressed, the driver said, “it’s because you are black.”<br />
The transit authority says it has “zero tolerance” for that type of behavior.</p>
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Bus driver in Martha’s Vineyard fired after telling stranded passenger he wasn’t picked up ‘because you are black’
VTA buses in Vineyard Haven, near the Steamship Authority wharf.
