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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The story about the black Yale student is a simple case of mistaken identity.  This is not "walking while black".   Please don't even try to say that it is, because the "walking while black" is a real problem for other non-Yale students.  Trying to equate this lame story with "walking while black" trivializes the entire issue, and creates a strawman that deniers can easily knock over.

To the PP who said his white son was stopped similarly for playing "hide and seek", I have a question.  Was your son on someone else's property?[/quote]

+1. That NYT column was a joke. The same thing happens to people of all races (and I know because it happened to me, and I am not black). The real root of the problem no one talks about is, why do statistics show that blacks are as  a group, much more likely to commit violent crimes? Half of all murders in the US are committed by blacks, which account for only 10% of the population.

Let's solve that first.[/quote]

Most black people are not murderers.  Let's remember that first.  [/quote]+1[/quote]

The quality of the discourse on this board makes me sad. One guy makes a red herring comment and another one gives it a +1. [/quote]

Another PP here, but the "discourse" on issues of racism and sexism have been "sad" on this board for a long time.  IMO, it stems from the fact that people on both sides either speak in widely accepted but never vierfied "talking points" or they tend to discount the other's persons POV because they have not experieced it (or have a different experience).    Everybody wants to talk but no one wants to listen. [/quote]

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