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**UltraSearchs** · 03-20-2012, 01:59 PM

I have seen some of these cases where a 'white guy' is arrested on suspicion of a crime, then you see the mugshot and they are obviously a mestizo or other mixed race person. Actually it happens quite a lot. It's easy enough to find genuine white criminals too... just need to go search some place that has very few minorities. Overall though, yes it skews the crime statistics, just as it skews the census statistics, the way people are categorized.

I think that non-white racists (yes I am calling them / you that) need whites to be criminals and racists to justify their views. So this works out for them.

Another interesting phenomenon is if there is a predominantly minority neighborhood X in majority white part of town Y, the news blurb tends to read, 'police investigate a shooting in Y, film at 11'. Then you see the actual location and it is commonly referred to by all residents of the town as X, not some vague Y. Like they can't stigmatize ghettos as being places where crime actually happens.

When a crooked black cop robs a Mexican illegal immigrant for the cash he has on him, is it a hate crime? What about when a crooked white cop does it? If you identify a group of people who are easy marks for crime, then victimize them, do you hate them... or maybe you actually appreciate them in some bizarre way.

Yes, I would say the perceptions of racism in our society are pretty skewed.

03-20-2012, 01:59 PM	#22
UltraSearchs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	I have seen some of these cases where a 'white guy' is arrested on suspicion of a crime, then you see the mugshot and they are obviously a mestizo or other mixed race person. Actually it happens quite a lot. It's easy enough to find genuine white criminals too... just need to go search some place that has very few minorities. Overall though, yes it skews the crime statistics, just as it skews the census statistics, the way people are categorized. I think that non-white racists (yes I am calling them / you that) need whites to be criminals and racists to justify their views. So this works out for them. Another interesting phenomenon is if there is a predominantly minority neighborhood X in majority white part of town Y, the news blurb tends to read, 'police investigate a shooting in Y, film at 11'. Then you see the actual location and it is commonly referred to by all residents of the town as X, not some vague Y. Like they can't stigmatize ghettos as being places where crime actually happens. When a crooked black cop robs a Mexican illegal immigrant for the cash he has on him, is it a hate crime? What about when a crooked white cop does it? If you identify a group of people who are easy marks for crime, then victimize them, do you hate them... or maybe you actually appreciate them in some bizarre way. Yes, I would say the perceptions of racism in our society are pretty skewed.
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