A publishing house has announced that it will be dropping an author's book from its distribution after she took to Twitter on Friday to blast a black Metro rail worker for eating on the train.
Natasha Tynes, author of novel 'They Call Me Wyatt', shared her annoyance with a black woman dressed in a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority uniform was eating on the train during her commute.
'When you're on your morning commute & see @wmata employee in UNIFORM eating on the train,' she said in the now deleted post, along with a photo of the employee.
Natasha Tynes shared her annoyance with a black woman dressed in a Washington MTA uniform was eating on the train during her commute on Friday
'I thought we were not allowed to eat on the train,' she continued. 'This is unacceptable. Hope @wmata responds. When I asked the employee about this, her response was 'worry about yourself.' @unsuckdcmetro'
MTA responded to Tynes' post and asked her to inform them where the train was headed.
'Thank you for catching this and helping us to make sure all Metro employees are held accountable,' they added.
The author informed them that the train was headed to Glenmont on the Red Line at approximately 9am.
MTA responded to Tynes' post and asked her to inform them where the train was headed
Twitter soon became inundated with vicious critiques of the author's post, with many calling her out for going after a black woman who was minding her own business and not bothering anyone.
'Funny that your pinned tweet is about being a 'minority' writer and using that as a basis to sell your book yet you saw another minority person eating and you wanted to ruin their livelihood,' actress Kelechi Okafor asserted. 'You're a trash individual.'
The sentiment was shared by journalist Ernest Owens, who added: ''People of color' like Natasha Tynes is the reason why I make it a point to directly name Black people within the spectrum, because there is anti-Blackness within people of color in totality. POC solidarity is often upheld by Black people, but not maintained by others within.'
'Wow @NatashaTynes, you're a fucking snitch,'
