Pedal Strokes and Perspective

The Dirtbag Diaries

Duct Tape Then Beer

Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"As a brown woman, I stand out," says Mary Ann Thomas. "People came up to me just because they were curious, just because they were like, 'There aren't a lot of strangers here, we're just interested in who you are as a person-- as a whole person.'" Mary Ann is the daughter of Indian immigrants, she's queer and she had always lived in the liberal bubble of big cities on the East Coast. When she embarked on a six-month, 6600-mile bike tour across the country, she worried most about the prejudice she might encounter as she pedaled through middle America. She was surprised to discover that the stereotypes she had to confront in a profound way were her own. Check out the blog from Mary Ann's trip, or find more of her writing here.

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1:06.2	Hey everyone, a quick warning. There's mature language and topics covered in this
1:10.9	episode. So if you're listening with little ones, it might be time to turn off.
1:16.1	So the first day I left from the west coast and headed inland. I like stopped at a
1:25.4	gas station for a lunch break. This is Mary Ann Thomas. After 77 days of
1:30.8	biking up the west coast, she began heading east along Washington's highway
1:35.2	20. And heard an Indian accent go by and I looked up and it was just a white guy
1:42.6	walking by. So initially like, okay, I definitely didn't hear that. She figured
1:48.4	she must have imagined it and then turned back to her lunch. And he says to the
1:54.9	woman he's with, woo, there's a darky over there in this like carnival-esque way.
2:00.6	Like there's a attraction in town and then he gets close to a woman who's
2:06.5	getting out of her car and he says it again. And she's like, what the fuck are
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