Author Loses Lucrative Book Deal After Trying To Shame Black Metro Worker Eating On The Train

Natasha Tynes was just about to get a publishing deal, but she just couldn't mind her business.

Tynes tweeted a picture of a Black metro worker eating on the train saying: "When you're on your morning commute and see a Metro employee in uniform eating on the train. I thought we were not allowed to eat on the train. This is unacceptable. Hope Metro responds. When I asked the employee about this, her response was 'worry about yourself'".

The publishing house distributing her novel dropped her and her publisher delayed the planned release of the book. The Metro worker did not face any disciplinary action.

Watch the 5.13.19 edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered

NOW AVAILABLE: #RolandMartinUnfiltered Merch -

Subscribe to the #RolandMartin YouTube channel

Join the #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BringTheFunk Fan Club to support fact-based independent journalism

Watch #RolandMartinUnfiltered daily at 6PM EST on YouTube

Join the Roland Martin and #RolandMartinUnfiltered mailing list

The Roland S. Martin YouTube channel is a news reporting site covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended.

Roland Martin,#RolandMartinUnfiltered,Natasha Tynes,