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So I was walking to my house on a Sunday at 6:15pm, and I was reminded of something that causes me pause. Young White males. Seriously, they make me nervous. In this case it was because as they drove past me they decided to just scream at me as they drove past relatively slowly. I suppose they expected me to jump or shout or something. I did flinch for a moment as my thoughts were elsewhere.
But when you think about it, many claim young Black males are dangerous. How silly. While many African Americans may posture and dress like the ready-for-prison crowd, they in fact are just regular kids. Few actually commit crimes, especially violent ones though the major media likes to play it as if they do nothing but felonies.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
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REAL talk! That has happened to me on several occasions. Honestly my brother has had this happen and literally knocked the guy out for it. It seems as though they take out their repressed racism in some of the most cowardly ways these young fools.
Wow!
You really are a fucking retard.
Look up the crime statistics. Black against white crimes are FAR more prevalent that white against black crimes in the USA.
Go and mope in your destructive culture of victim-hood and entitlement. Loser.
Wow, this article sure attracted its quota of a-holes today.
But back to your topic- there has been a lot of hysteria over boys with sagging pants. Unlike plumbers, the saggers wear long draws or shorts under their pants to keep their butt from showing.
Does it look tacky? Yes.
Does it look silly? Yeah.
Does it look wrong? Sure.
Does it mean the person is an automatic criminal? No, but from CaptainFantasy above me and the cities around the country, they act like it.
What, do you think telling boys what they can wear is going to make them stop selling drugs? Let's be honest here.
Hi,
On my college campus, there are generally muggings of students about every other week, with 4-5 students mugged per month. Last year there were slightly over thirty muggings of students. In each case, a Black male (or Black males) mugged a white or asian student(s). In no cases were Blacks mugged, and in no cases were there non-Black muggers. Slightly more than half of the incidents included violence, though they all included violent threats. Several students were hospitalized.
Obviously not all Black male teens are muggers; in fact, the vast majority are not. However, as far as my small city is concerned, all muggers are Black males.
By the way, I am Asian.
Hello everyone. I’m happy to see so many responses. I hope everyone has taken the time to view the full post at either website and remember you can comment there as well.
Hello Slim. Always good to hear your comments. I’m sure that most African Americans can say they have experienced a similar event in their lives. It’s a shame. We are targets of hate, crimes and persecution in the media. But most of us are able to overcome these things without as much as a change in stride on a daily basis.
But the fact is that such strength in the face of centuries of oppression and constant attacks in multiple forms is a terrifying experience for some. Such as the next guy.
Captain Reality. What a name. You seem to champion the opposite of what you call yourself. While there may be challenges in the Black community, I would hardly describe it as victim-hood or entitlement. Obviously you are not familiar with the community beyond the staggered view provided from the media. Which was the point of my full post. Perhaps if you actually took the time to read it you would have realized it.
I was not addressing crime statistics. Your numbers may or may not be true. If you have accredited sources for your accusation I would love to see a link to it. Beyond that, your comment seems the fluff of propaganda and does not hold to what I have perceived. It does hold to the bias the major media would like everyone to hold.
As for the personal attack, it is often the path of those without the ability to communicate properly their own thoughts to resort to name calling. I personally take it as a compliment, that without knowing me and in abject opposition to the statements I’ve made you try to gauge my I.Q. I believe my words refute your accusation well enough, but just because you seem incapable of understanding that fact I will make it obvious. I have been rated with an I.Q. range between 121 and 128. If you are unaware of what that means, I suggest you Google it.
Hello Agentx. Thank you for responding. I think you have gone off topic of the intent of the full post. The issue is not the clothing that the youth of today wear. While I do not like their choice, it is a choice. Given that, claiming a predilection to violence or criminality based solely on clothing is offensive and incorrect. Yet the major media does this every day. Often there are connections made between hip hop clothing and Black crimes, though no such connection is presumed when viewing the criminal actions of Whites dressed in the same manner, or in any other type of clothing for that matter.
I do not think that restricting clothing changes actions or intent. Criminals can be dressed in any manner for multiple reasons. But the presumption of clothing styles in addition to race is made to appear as a justification to fear Blacks and other minorities. That is wrong and needs to be addressed.
Hello Anonymous. I must say you have picked a very unique college to attend. If in fact there are so many muggings occurring the first thing that comes to my mind is the fact that the college security has failed you, and you should get that changed. You pay too much to have an institution that has a responsibility for your welfare, allow you to be in such danger.
Beyond that immediate thought, you are making an accusation that I’m not sure is true. You state that all these muggers are Black, how do you know? Have you read all the police reports? Are you sure they are not all by the same individuals or a small group? Are you sure that all the alleged crimes actually happened, and that the descriptions were accurate? It sounds as if they have committed these crimes unchecked, which would lead most criminals to repeat their actions. So are you basing your fear on all Blacks or just 1 or 2 individuals?
Going further, how many African Americans are on your campus? I would guess there are at least a few dozen to several hundred depending on the size of whatever college you attend. Are ALL the Black students mugging other students? Are they ALL committing crimes? Are they ALL threatening violence?
Back during the riots of L.A. after the Rodney King decision, I was with a friend checking on his business to see if there was any damage done to his store. We stopped on the way back because of crowds in our way, and for a couple of fire trucks. The parking lot we stopped in had a store behind us. It was owned by Asians (the nationality is not important). The owners approached us with a S.A.W. with a 50 round drum. They insisted we leave, though we mentioned we were trying to avoid rioters and were clearly some 50 feet from the store itself and were initially looking in the opposite direction. Needless to say we left their quickly.
Now I mention that story to make a point. Should I presume that every Asian store owner has an assault rifle in their store and that they are waiting for a mixed group of Blacks and Whites to drive nearby to shoot at? Are all Asians armed? Or is it that a group of people were protecting their business, as we had just done?
The answer is obvious. But your conclusion is not. While you state that it is obvious that all Black teens are not muggers, you presume that Blacks that are not teens are. You emphasize this thought with the statement that “…my small city is concerned, all muggers are Black males.” It is an unfair and ridiculous statement. It is untrue and factually inconceivable. And to hold such a belief is to invalidate any mugging in your city that is made by any individual that is non-Black.
Considering that your city is probably similar to the average in America, there are probably less than 20% of the population that are Black, maybe less than 5% Asian. So I cannot accept what you claim. While some African Americans may be criminals, statistically is ludicrous to say what you have. It’s no better than me saying that in Virginia all Asians are psychotic mass murderers. Neither statement is true, or fair to state.
Lastly, this entire comment is completely off topic. I felt it important to address, but I do not see the connection to the comments I made in the full post. Again I am not speaking to crimes but the perception of guilt and danger that is promoted by the media, and individuals that say “my small city is concerned, all muggers are Black males.” These blanket styled statements are dangerous.
To everyone, except Captain Reality, I thank you for your comments. I hope if you have not read the full post that you do so. I look forward to your comments on this topic or any other post I write.
I'm so tired of some of you in the White community, that constantly cry about black crime, when your kind live in ALL WHITE communities hundreds of miles away from any black neighborhood.
You... your father and your grandfather, lived no where near black people!... so talk about what you know and not what you hear!!!!!!!!!!!
Clean-up your own trash, like sexual predators of babies,boys and under age girls. Young school age white mass murderer's, perverted catholic clergy , Girls gone wild and last but not least, Nancy Grace's favorite: Husbands murdering their wives "Show"!
Hi M.Vass,
Yes, college security has indeed failed us, and the administration continues to do nothing to remedy the problem. I am not pleased with this.
The city I live in is roughly 65% white, 22.5% Black, and 6% Asian.
Yes, I have read all of the police reports. I study race, so naturally these sorts of disproportionate things catch my eye and interest. You say, "Are you sure they are not all by the same individuals or a small group?" I never suggested that; I think it's quite possible, and actually quite probable, that multiple attacks are carried out by the same small group of individuals. As far as what I'm "basing (my) fear on," I never asserted that these incidents induce fear. There was an incident a few weeks ago in which a student was jumped and robbed by between twelve and fifteen Black males, so the number is greater than one or two, but again, I wouldn't be surprised if in a year the thirty muggings are carried out by no more than fifty or so individuals.
Regarding the Black students, I would be sincerely surprised if ANY of the Black students were involved in ANY of the muggings. Again, I never suggested this. The individuals involved in these muggings are generally from the economically depressed area close to the university.
Regarding your story about the Korean grocer: that is really an interesting story, as I've never heard the perspective of Black store owners who themselves felt threatened by the Koreans, who in turn felt threatened by the rioters. That really captures the dangers of lumping people together in racial groups without considering other factors. Still, I have to say that I don't believe that it really effectively attacks what I said earlier. In no way did I suggest that one should assume that all Blacks are muggers because all muggers in my city have been Black. Indeed, you CAN justifiably draw the conclusion that SOME Asians in your area are armed, just as I can draw the conclusion that SOME Blacks in my area mug people. In no way does this imply the ALL argument that you are attributing to me. When I walk by a Black person, I don't presume that they're going to mug me, just as you don't presume an Asian person is going to be armed when you walk by him/her. In no way does this contradict what I said.
"While you state that it is obvious that all Black teens are not muggers, you presume that Blacks that are not teens are." No, my statement does not imply this conclusion at all. I don't really know where you came up with that, but it certainly doesn't logically follow from what I said.
"You emphasize this thought with the statement that “…my small city is concerned, all muggers are Black males.” It is an unfair and ridiculous statement. It is untrue and factually inconceivable. And to hold such a belief is to invalidate any mugging in your city that is made by any individual that is non-Black."
Yes, perhaps I should have been more clear. What I meant to say was: "As far as my small city is concerned, all muggers HAVE BEEN Black." I believe that this distinction is important because, as you noted, it runs the risk of "invalidat(ing) any mugging in your city that is made by any individual that is non-Black." It is quite possible that tomorrow a white person will mug a student, and it's important to not forget that.
But with that correction, my statement stands. I now recall that there was one instance in which a Filipino man (who was running around in just his underwear) ran up to a woman, slapped her in the face, grabbed her purse, and threw it in a ditch. This occurred in 2004. Since then, any sort of dispossession of property by violent means/threats that has been reported in my small city has been carried out by Black males. At a rate of roughly 30 per year, that number approaches one hundred muggings by Black males, zero muggings by white males, and zero by Asian males since the aforementioned incident.
But again, the statement is not unfair, nor is it ridiculous. Saying that all Black males in my city are muggers, well, yes that would be both unfair and quite ridiculous. But stating that all muggers have been Black males is quite a different thing: it is supported by empirical evidence. I know, it seems as if it would be factually inconceivable, but I assure you it is true. As my Black friend recently told me, "I've been waiting all year to read a description of a mugger that doesn't describe me."
"It’s no better than me saying that in Virginia all Asians are psychotic mass murderers. Neither statement is true, or fair to state."
Well...it's actually quite different than saying that. Again, you've confused what I've said: I'm not asserting that all Black males are muggers, but that all muggers have been Black males. Asserting that all Asains in Virginia are psychotic mass-murderers would be analogous to my saying "all Black males in my city are muggers." Now, asserting that all mass murderers in recent history in Virginia were Asian WOULD BE a reasonable statement (I think...I'm not sure about those statistics), because there has only been one mass murder in Virginia in recent history and that act was carried out by an Asian individual. And that statement would be analogous to what I asserted.
Thanks for the response to my comment.
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