Racism in the Pittsburgh Suburbs

[trackstar13]

In many of the Pittsburgh burbs the largest minority group is Asian and I am also wondering if anyone has witnessed any racism related to this group?

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by track2514

From what I have seen so far in this thread it appears that racism in the Pittsburgh area seems to be very limited. This was really the point of this thread, to gauge how many incidents have occurred and where they are occurring. After reading through many of the posts, it appears that the Brentwood area seems to have a reputation for racism and this was not something I really knew before reading into the subject more and seeing the previous thread posted about Brentwood and racism. Additionally, another poster above mentioned another racist act in the Robinson area and this was surprising to me, but it appears that this may be another problem area. The debate regarding the usage of the Confederate Flag has been interesting also, but I have to say I still believe flying it is an act of racism regardless of the person's understanding of Civil War history. Similar to the law, ignorance is not bliss and the people flying the flag in western PA are not government detractors or history buffs, they are racists.

So because one guy in the Mall at Robinson has an infinite ratio of balls to brains and utters a slur in public, that indicts all 13,354 people who live in the township? That's quite a generalization there. Besides, what if the idiot wasn't even from Robinson in the first place? What if he was from Weirton or East Liverpool? Lots of people from east-central Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle go to Robinson to shop. Remember last year when a couple of (NHL) Flyers fans jumped a Rangers fan in front of a cheesesteak joint in Philadelphia? Remember how all sorts of sports fans trashed the entire city for the behavior of those two punks? Turns out they were from out in the sticks of New Jersey. Remember the stupid girl campaigning for John McCain in 2008 who claimed to have been beaten by a Barack Obama supporter in Bloomfield? She was from Texas. It's unfortunate that some people are still hateful and ignorant enough to use slurs in public, but you cannot make assumptions about an entire area based on what one jackass does in a public place.

[Mugatu]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

So because one guy in the Mall at Robinson has an infinite ratio of balls to brains and utters a slur in public, that indicts all 13,354 people who live in the township? That's quite a generalization there. Besides, what if the idiot wasn't even from Robinson in the first place? What if he was from Weirton or East Liverpool? Lots of people from east-central Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle go to Robinson to shop. Remember last year when a couple of (NHL) Flyers fans jumped a Rangers fan in front of a cheesesteak joint in Philadelphia? Remember how all sorts of sports fans trashed the entire city for the behavior of those two punks? Turns out they were from out in the sticks of New Jersey. Remember the stupid girl campaigning for John McCain in 2008 who claimed to have been beaten by a Barack Obama supporter in Bloomfield? She was from Texas. It's unfortunate that some people are still hateful and ignorant enough to use slurs in public, but you cannot make assumptions about an entire area based on what one jackass does in a public place.

Agreed. I live in the Robinson area, and most of the stupidity I see here is from some out-of-town rednecks with WV or OH plates. Like you mentioned, it is a popular destination for those living in small towns in bordering states. It makes for some interesting sites though. Like the guy I saw in the Giant Eagle Market District with a mullet, wearing full hunting gear, wandering around amongst the shopping soccer moms.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Mugatu

Agreed. I live in the Robinson area, and most of the stupidity I see here is from some out-of-town rednecks with WV or OH plates. Like you mentioned, it is a popular destination for those living in small towns in bordering states. It makes for some interesting sites though. Like the guy I saw in the Giant Eagle Market District with a mullet, wearing full hunting gear, wandering around amongst the shopping soccer moms.

That Market District is awesome, by the way. It's gotten rave reviews on Yelp from people all over the country.

[Goinback2011]

Like the guy I saw in the Giant Eagle Market District with a mullet

I forgot about mullets.

Maybe they're becoming popular again.

[trackstar13]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

So because one guy in the Mall at Robinson has an infinite ratio of balls to brains and utters a slur in public, that indicts all 13,354 people who live in the township? That's quite a generalization there. Besides, what if the idiot wasn't even from Robinson in the first place? What if he was from Weirton or East Liverpool? Lots of people from east-central Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle go to Robinson to shop. Remember last year when a couple of (NHL) Flyers fans jumped a Rangers fan in front of a cheesesteak joint in Philadelphia? Remember how all sorts of sports fans trashed the entire city for the behavior of those two punks? Turns out they were from out in the sticks of New Jersey. Remember the stupid girl campaigning for John McCain in 2008 who claimed to have been beaten by a Barack Obama supporter in Bloomfield? She was from Texas. It's unfortunate that some people are still hateful and ignorant enough to use slurs in public, but you cannot make assumptions about an entire area based on what one jackass does in a public place.

This is a good point that Robinson is a gathering place for many people from the tri-state area and I don't want to definitely say the place is racist as a whole. I think it is just good for posters to be informed of some of these incidents, especially if they are unreported to police or not mentioned on the news/in the paper.

[escilade18]

Originally Posted by track2514

This is a good point that Robinson is a gathering place for many people from the tri-state area and I don't want to definitely say the place is racist as a whole. I think it is just good for posters to be informed of some of these incidents, especially if they are unreported to police or not mentioned on the news/in the paper.

Well awe shucks, I once saw a group of neo-nazis in NYC, that city is just racist as can be I guess

[Clint.]

Originally Posted by track2514

In many of the Pittsburgh burbs the largest minority group is Asian and I am also wondering if anyone has witnessed any racism related to this group?

I get the feeling that there is grasping at straws here. There are a lot of people who live around here, and bound to be just as many different attitudes, but there are no hotbeds of organized or even semi-organized racism (maybe some relatively mild prejudices, but that is hardly uncommon anywhere in the U.S. - the earlier discussion about the Civil War, slavery, and its cultural legacy said enough about that story) - including Brentwood, which for some reason seems to always be cited here as a prime example of a racist community. I can't say how many times I've been to the Giant Eagle there at Brownsville and 51 and seen Blacks out shopping without a care. Asians? Didn't a popular one run for County Executive last year? Ha - maybe there is some resentment amongst po' white folk because so many of them freely emigrated here as highly educated professionals (rather than aboard a slave ship) and make the loot they dream about. Hispanics? I see dozens of them mingling along Brookline Blvd. on the weekends eating tacos, along with white firemen outside their station - who are, incidentally, stationed directly between Las Palmas and a Lebanese grocer that sells shwarma on the sidewalk. Give it a rest!

I'm wondering how many folks around the 'burbs are biased against extraterrestrials? Given the number of galaxies and stars within the universe some are bound to exist - or to have existed - and I'd like to know if people have witnessed any outspoken sentiments against them, such as, "we'll kick E.T.'s ass", or "those ****ers don't exist, but if they did we'd kick their asses".

[Yac]

Roughly 70% of posts here have nothing to do with Pittsburgh. I'm closing this thread before some of you get too angry.
Closed.
Yac.