re: How white entitlement marred my trip to a Ferguson teach-in

What I find amazing about this article is this:
1) She's a professor at Rutgers, so she's likely taking a commuter train.
2) As someone who took a commuter train into NYC for several years, I can tell you that it is the commuter train policy that all seats must be made available. The conductor actually has the right to forcibly remove your bag from the seat if you do not do it yourself, and you from the train if you make a stink about it. I have had to remove my bag several times for other traingoers.
3) If I was a parent sending my kid to the most expensive unversity in the country, I would be concerned that they are using that tuition money to bring in people that don't understand these basics.