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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get it. I really don't.

You agree that the police do a bunch of bad stuff, at our expense, in our name, and then you say, "If you are going to pick pumpkins, you go to a pumpkin patch."? That's your solution for the kid in New York? He should stop being a pumpkin? He should move out of the pumpkin patch?

There's also the issue, of course, that white bikers can sell their motorcycles, and white trailer-park residents can (maybe) find somewhere else to live, whereas black people can -- what? stop being black?[/quote]

It's not about being black, it's about culture.  Do you really think a Pagans enforcer will suddenly become gentle, clean, sober and civilized the minute you take him off of his Hog?  What about the guy with the Aryan Brotherhood prison tattoos all over him.  You think cops won't instantly recognize that for what it is and consider him a likely threat?

Consider for example that it's usually pretty easy to tell the difference between an AA who grew up in DC vs. one who moved here from abroad, say Trinidad or Nigeria - before they even say a word.  It's in how they carry themselves, walk, interact, et cetera.  You can likewise tell the difference in how high-SES AAs carry themselves, walk, interact vs how a low-SES person in DC would.

The difference is not skin color, it's cultural, and it's those cultural differences even within populations that cops take far more note of than anything else.[/quote]

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