Cleveland Crime: 2009 (Washington, Heath, Union: legal, activity, areas)

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally Posted by jam40jeff

OK, I meant deride.

And do you care to explain why you think racism is a meaningless term?

Deride does not = Bad.

Race-ism has become a meaningless term, because it is generally overused, misused and abused.

The word's actual meaning:

Race = Common Descent. People share descent, to one degree or another, with others. Skin color is an obvious indication of how common/uncommon descent is between two people. Hence, it is "real."

Bigotry = Stubbornly Clinging To An Idea, Despite Evidence To The Contrary.

Bigotry, in regards to Race = Race-ism.

[jam40jeff]

deride - to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule

I would say it's bad for someone to deride you.

racism
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

If people overruse a term, it does not make it a meaningless term. Besides, the term covers both ideas about individuals based on race, per definition 1, and attitudes towards and actions against individuals based on race, per definition 2. There is plenty of racism to go around in the United States, from and towards people of nearly any race.

By the way, your definition of race sounds more like ethnicity. Race is purely based on physical characteristics and shared interests and behaviors. Common descent or place of origin is not a requirement for people to be of the same race.

[1watertiger]

Cleveland man slain in E. 93rd St. shooting - Metro - cleveland.com

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally Posted by jam40jeff

deride - to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule

I would say it's bad for someone to deride you.

racism
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

If people overruse a term, it does not make it a meaningless term. Besides, the term covers both ideas about individuals based on race, per definition 1, and attitudes towards and actions against individuals based on race, per definition 2. There is plenty of racism to go around in the United States, from and towards people of nearly any race.

By the way, your definition of race sounds more like ethnicity. Race is purely based on physical characteristics and shared interests and behaviors. Common descent or place of origin is not a requirement for people to be of the same race.

If you want to start a new thread on it, tell me where it is and I will discuss it further with you there.

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally Posted by 1watertiger

Cleveland man slain in E. 93rd St. shooting - Metro - cleveland.com

Lot of murders in that area.

[hubz1124]

Originally Posted by Chef Boyardee

Lot of murders in that area.

and many of them drug-related

[Chef Boyardee]

Originally Posted by hubz1124

and many of them drug-related

Yeah. I wonder what they mean when they say that

[jam40jeff]

Most likely they mean related to the sale of drugs. (No emoticon necessary.)

[BelieveInCleve]

RIP.

Im not sure what the count is though.

Somewhere between 45 and 51.

Does anyone have the link to the one of the other sites thats keeping a tally on them? or at least the graph that they use or number?

[airics]

am i incorrect or does the count seem awfully high this year so far...