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Old 03-28-2012, 11:45 AM
 
Location: southern california
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Huh? You do know that despite being roughly 11% of the population, 20% of all bias-motivated sentence enhancements (hate crimes) are brought against black defendants?
yes its high, but not surprising. hate crime law is used exclusively for cases involving AA victims but not any other. ask the poor korean shopkeepers on the hood about this. its called selective law enforcement.
the real authority about what dr king wanted with civil rights law should be jessie jackson, personal aide to dr king, but people dont listen to jessie much anymore do they?
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Old 03-28-2012, 11:45 AM
 
Location: NE PA
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Considering you're posting a link from the NY Daily News about a story from KS, it did, indeed, make national news.
But, truth be told, if it was white kids who did this to a black kid, it would be plastered all over TV and talked about endlessly with rallies, etc.
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Old 03-28-2012, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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But, truth be told, if it was white kids who did this to a black kid, it would be plastered all over TV and talked about endlessly with rallies, etc.

I agree. And no degree of racism, disadvantage,etc. compels kids to act like that.

Those boys are racist scum, and should be doing time. And their mug shots should be shown in civil right lectures right along with George Wallace, and the crazed guys who were screaming at the kid for attending public school in the South. Blacks can certainly be awful, racist people too.
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Old 03-28-2012, 11:52 AM
 
Location: By The Beach In Maine
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Come on guys, get with the program.

Only cute white kids who are abducted or murdered make national news, plastered all over our televisions with pundits opining.

Only white on black crime makes national news, plastered all over our televisions with pundits opining.

If it's any different than that, well, it's just not worth the media's time.
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Old 03-28-2012, 11:53 AM
 
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Come on guys, get with the program.

Only cute white kids who are abducted or murdered make national news, plastered all over our televisions with pundits opining.

Only white on black crime makes national news, plastered all over our televisions with pundits opining.

If it's any different than that, well, it's just not worth the media's time.
I agree with this. That is how the media works in this country.
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:09 PM
 
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If it hasn't been on city-data.com, it isn't national.

It's had it's own thread here, old news.
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:13 PM
 
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yes its high, but not surprising. hate crime law is used exclusively for cases involving AA victims but not any other. ask the poor korean shopkeepers on the hood about this. its called selective law enforcement.
the real authority about what dr king wanted with civil rights law should be jessie jackson, personal aide to dr king, but people dont listen to jessie much anymore do they?
You are 100% incorrect. In fact, I know you've never even bothered to go look at the FBI hate crime statistics and have likely just been lied to.

Please, I urge you to go look up the stats, you will see that blacks are often hit with hate crimes. In fact, they have a MASSIVELY higher rate of hate crime incidence when it comes to attacks on gay males. You might think it's all rednecks hurting gays like the infamous Sheppard case but it's just a whole lot less acceptable politically when it's gay men getting jumped in urban areas by black males.
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:42 PM
 
Location: In a Galaxy far, far away called Germany
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You are 100% incorrect. In fact, I know you've never even bothered to go look at the FBI hate crime statistics and have likely just been lied to.

Please, I urge you to go look up the stats, you will see that blacks are often hit with hate crimes. In fact, they have a MASSIVELY higher rate of hate crime incidence when it comes to attacks on gay males. You might think it's all rednecks hurting gays like the infamous Sheppard case but it's just a whole lot less acceptable politically when it's gay men getting jumped in urban areas by black males.
You are absolutely correct. I think the real "beef" many are having is the selective process of what constitutes news by the major networks or what constitutes a protest by activists. But, in this age of mass media (blogs, etc.) this is slowly changing.
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:45 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Default Why isn't this national news? (Blacks set white boy on fire)

From your link:

"recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head."


Just a guess...

Maybe "first degree burns" isn't all that newsworthy.
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:58 PM
 
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The media can't cover every single death. You are aware people die everyday in the hundreds, right?
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