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**hrthwhr** · 03-20-2012, 08:10 PM

I haven't heard this part yet, but if it's true then you're probably right it could be racially motivated.

I should have specified. Well so far I haven't heard a ton of information to imply that this was necessarily a racial crime. But it's possible.

People are justifiably angry over the murder. However, the sick part is how everyone seems to want the killer to be white. When the story his the news it seems like way too many people wanted to direct their anger at white people. Look at the comments on any online news article or Youtube video about the story to see hundreds of anti-white attacks. The ironic part is that now the pictures have been released and the man looks very mestizo, so people are now trying to rationalize it and find some way that they can still classify him as "white". This kind of stuff is sick, and I think indicative of a very deep social problem of perceived racism.

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I'd like to add one little anecdotal story of perceived racism. It's a story of a non-white member of my family. She hung around a bad crowd when she was young. The people were ghetto, drug users, thieves. One of them stole my wallet right out of our house. She and some other friends were arrested for shoplifting lots of clothing. Some of the guys including her ex-boyfriend were arrested for first degree murder. For my birthday when I was young I was given a car stereo that clearly looked like it had been stolen. So the point is that this wasn't a real classy group of individuals.

Now...I remember one particular instance where my family member and her friends were pulled over by the police. After that happened she went on this anti-white tirade because whitey pulled them over for being non-white.

She didn't assume that they were pulled over for any of the reasons that I posted about above. In her mind it was solely based on race. That, is perceived racism.

I understand what your saying now...I do believe that many want to lump him in with the white category. However In society you are what you are perceived to be its not based on reality. I do respect and understand your position. I think you might want to consider why any minority would autmomatically assume it was racist...especially with what he said when he called the police.

If you smack someone in the face for 50 years then go in for a hug one day, then complain about the victim being paranoid... Thats a little unreasonable to me...my two cents

I guess it boils down to were you grew up. I grew up in the bronx...plenty of police brutality...police murders. black guy gets shot 41 times in brooklyn by cops just for pulling out a brown wallet. We moved out of NY because of that. Moved to DC

Same Ol Same O...Are we unreasonable to assume that cops in urban NY and DC are mostly hostile toward blacks and hispanics? Are we Paranoid for no reason? When there is a history of hate in a country against largely one group of people one cannot simply disregard there complaining, anger, resentment. We all need a level of understanding of each other.

03-20-2012, 08:10 PM	#28
hrthwhr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 368 Senior Member	I haven't heard this part yet, but if it's true then you're probably right it could be racially motivated. I should have specified. Well so far I haven't heard a ton of information to imply that this was necessarily a racial crime. But it's possible. People are justifiably angry over the murder. However, the sick part is how everyone seems to want the killer to be white. When the story his the news it seems like way too many people wanted to direct their anger at white people. Look at the comments on any online news article or Youtube video about the story to see hundreds of anti-white attacks. The ironic part is that now the pictures have been released and the man looks very mestizo, so people are now trying to rationalize it and find some way that they can still classify him as "white". This kind of stuff is sick, and I think indicative of a very deep social problem of perceived racism. ---------- Post added 2012-03-20 at 03:01 ---------- I'd like to add one little anecdotal story of perceived racism. It's a story of a non-white member of my family. She hung around a bad crowd when she was young. The people were ghetto, drug users, thieves. One of them stole my wallet right out of our house. She and some other friends were arrested for shoplifting lots of clothing. Some of the guys including her ex-boyfriend were arrested for first degree murder. For my birthday when I was young I was given a car stereo that clearly looked like it had been stolen. So the point is that this wasn't a real classy group of individuals. Now...I remember one particular instance where my family member and her friends were pulled over by the police. After that happened she went on this anti-white tirade because whitey pulled them over for being non-white. She didn't assume that they were pulled over for any of the reasons that I posted about above. In her mind it was solely based on race. That, is perceived racism. I understand what your saying now...I do believe that many want to lump him in with the white category. However In society you are what you are perceived to be its not based on reality. I do respect and understand your position. I think you might want to consider why any minority would autmomatically assume it was racist...especially with what he said when he called the police. If you smack someone in the face for 50 years then go in for a hug one day, then complain about the victim being paranoid... Thats a little unreasonable to me...my two cents I guess it boils down to were you grew up. I grew up in the bronx...plenty of police brutality...police murders. black guy gets shot 41 times in brooklyn by cops just for pulling out a brown wallet. We moved out of NY because of that. Moved to DC Same Ol Same O...Are we unreasonable to assume that cops in urban NY and DC are mostly hostile toward blacks and hispanics? Are we Paranoid for no reason? When there is a history of hate in a country against largely one group of people one cannot simply disregard there complaining, anger, resentment. We all need a level of understanding of each other.
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