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Originally Posted by ABQConvict
When I was a teenager I used to take the 2 up to 241st (or the 5 to Nereid Ave.) and walk home from there about a mile/mile and a half right up through Wakefield and Mt. Vernon. I used to cut over to Baldwin/MacQuesten Pkwy ASAP because it was a bit safer than going through the center of MV's south side.
Oh and am white white. Scandinavian/German. And yes I got chased and jumped a few times. Mostly in Mount Vernon.
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This post post needs some attention. It seems many on NYC CD doubt that whites can be targeted for harassment/assaults driven by race/ethnicity or that it can be a factor in being targeted for robbery.
Much more common in the recent past - but some folks need to get their heads out of the sand and recognize that some people see the presence of difference including "whiteness" -- defined according to the situation/surroundings as an affront that needs to be responded to by harassment and /or physical violence.
Muggers/robbers of course also take race/ethnicity into account when looking for a victim.I was at a "gang summit" meeting in the Bronx where attendees freely admitted they targeted Africans for robbery.
Robbery often has a power component as well as an economic motive behind it -- criminals love to recount how scared their targets were.