Noose hung in front of Black Regent Square resident's home (Pittsburgh: condo, house)

[gladhands]

A noose hanging from a tree outside our Pittsburgh home is tied to a much larger problem | PublicSource

Not terribly shocking.

[RogersParkTransplant]

Yes but at least nobody called Regent Square "generic" so...really, how offensive can it be?

[Copanut]

2017 and this crap is still going on, unbelievable! I hope it was some dumb kid who doesn't know better. But, I'm guessing it's big dumb white guy that SHOULD know better.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

Yes but at least nobody called Regent Square "generic" so...really, how offensive can it be?

i think it may be time for me to back out of the sub if you think people conflate these two situations. and im a little surprised seeing this come from somebody like you.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by gladhands

A noose hanging from a tree outside our Pittsburgh home is tied to a much larger problem | PublicSource

Not terribly shocking.

Curious as to what part of Regent Square it was in.

In 2010 the city portion of Regent Square was only 1.83% black, which works out to...17 people. Lincoln Place edged it out percentage wise slightly (1.49% - although with a higher total population, nearly three as many black people live there). Oh, and South Shore had no black people, but that's not that unusual when there are only 19 residents.

[RogersParkTransplant]

Originally Posted by Paul2421

i think it may be time for me to back out of the sub if you think people conflate these two situations. and im a little surprised seeing this come from somebody like you.

I don't think people conflate the two, no. But I think a lot of the people who were angry about the McCandless thread, or about kneeling football players, are not going to be angry about this. Are you really surprised that "somebody like me" is losing patience with some of the people on here? I make one sarcastic comment and get called out on it instantly; other people refer to my community as riffraff, whiners, and worse and everyone just lets it go. There comes a point when "somebody like me" has a right to be mad.

[xdv8]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

I don't think people conflate the two, no. But I think a lot of the people who were angry about the McCandless thread, or about kneeling football players, are not going to be angry about this. Are you really surprised that "someone like me" is losing patience with some of the people on here? I make one sarcastic comment and get called out on it instantly; other people refer to my community as riffraff, whiners, and worse and everyone just lets it go. There comes a point when "someone like me" has a right to be mad.

Yes, I'd love to hear certain posters here condone this behavior but I'm sure they will be silent or spin it. There is a reason city-data Pittsburgh has a reputation just one notch above the Post Gazette comment section.

[sealie]

Originally Posted by eschaton

Curious as to what part of Regent Square it was in.

In 2010 the city portion of Regent Square was only 1.83% black, which works out to...17 people. Lincoln Place edged it out percentage wise slightly (1.49% - although with a higher total population, nearly three as many black people live there). Oh, and South Shore had no black people, but that's not that unusual when there are only 19 residents.

800 block of south Braddock, they said. Pittsburgh jurisdiction, I think, if it matters.

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by sealie

800 block of south Braddock, they said. Pittsburgh jurisdiction, I think, if it matters.

Yeah, that's in the city. I think I even know what house it is from the front porch.

[Paul2421]

Originally Posted by RogersParkTransplant

I don't think people conflate the two, no. But I think a lot of the people who were angry about the McCandless thread, or about kneeling football players, are not going to be angry about this. Are you really surprised that "somebody like me" is losing patience with some of the people on here? I make one sarcastic comment and get called out on it instantly; other people refer to my community as riffraff, whiners, and worse and everyone just lets it go. There comes a point when "somebody like me" has a right to be mad.

i'm sorry that some bad actors cross the line sometimes, but i tried to objectively give my thoughts as someone with experience of the area in that thread. i apologize if you are referring to me, but hopefully i'm not lumped into that crowd. i just don't really think it is fair to call that thread as a specific situation where people are becoming outraged with non-issues.

relating to this article, it is horrible that this still happens in today's age and from the article it seems like it is more prevalent than most people like to admit. obviously it doesn't make up for the action but i know if this happened in my neighborhood i would go out of the way to make the family feel welcomed and it looks like people are. but i should probably do more right now as well on a proactive basis.

just curious, but what about this isn't a surprise? i feel like there are 1,000 ways to take that statement.