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[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by blaise

I know that comments in these threads can be racist, but I think the whole "We all know what's going on here. We know why people are posting here," routine is tacky, too.

What? It's just implying racism. No different than saying 'that sky looks blue,' or 'that water looks wet.' No value judgments, why are you so sensitive?

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

What? It's just implying racism. No different than saying 'that sky looks blue,' or 'that water looks wet.' No value judgments, why are you so sensitive?

So if you read "70 gang related shootings in Chicago" and immediately think "black guys", does that make you a racist?

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

So if you read "70 gang related shootings in Chicago" and immediately think "black guys", does that make you a racist?

Unless it said it was some kind of gang that routinely met at Banana Republic, then I'd probably think of black guys myself.

[Donger]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

So if you read "70 gang related shootings in Chicago" and immediately think "black guys", does that make you a racist?

Personally, when I think of White gangs, I think of the debate team in high school.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

So if you read "70 gang related shootings in Chicago" and immediately think "black guys", does that make you a racist?

While blacks make up about 33 percent of the city's population, they accounted for nearly 78 percent of the homicide victims through the first six months of 2012.

By comparison, just 11 homicide victims in the first six months of the year were white, and 44 were Hispanic, according to police data.

The pattern is a familiar one in Chicago, where most violent crime happens in impoverished, mostly black neighborhoods on the South and West sides. Annual Chicago police statistics show a majority of both homicide victims and offenders are young black men with criminal records. With one exception, African-Americans have made up more than 70 percent of homicide victims in Chicago every year for the last two decades.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...rs-police-data


For the love of God, would you either find some kind of remotely valid argument or just shut the **** up?

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...rs-police-data


For the love of God, would you either find some kind of remotely valid argument or just shut the **** up?

What? Shutup. You completely missed the point.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

What? Shutup. You completely missed the point.

I didn't miss the point. You looked for an example, and you chose just about the worst example you could have chosen (Outside of D.C.). You couldn't even get that right.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

I didn't miss the point. You looked for an example, and you chose just about the worst example you could have chosen (Outside of D.C.). You couldn't even get that right.

Your reading comprehension is awful. Just awful. You clearly missed the point. Your response makes it obvious.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Your reading comprehension is awful. Just awful. You clearly missed the point. Your response makes it obvious.

I didn't miss the point. You used a terrible example. The reason people's first take on Chicago violence would likely be that it involved blacks is because.....

If there's that level of violence, it usually involved blacks, to the tune of 70% of the incidents despite being only 30% of the population.

If you wanted to make a valid point, you should have chosen a city where the percentage was in accordance with the population percentage.