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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone in here is showing racism by the comments "white man with a gun". Who cares if the person is person responsible is purple. The point of this story (as per what was posted) should be a young teen was shot trying to pick up siblings at the wrong address. The story only propels when race is brought into it, and by reading the prior comments, none of you are any better.
Before you try to to say I am a gun supporter, I am not and I am not white.[/quote]

This is absolutely correct.  I have reserved any judgement (other than internal sympathy for the pain this family is suffering at this moment) wanting to hear more about why this homeowner felt he needed to do this?  It boggles the mind, is he a racist?  Is the portrayal by our news media showing the "predominantly black" mobs looting stores or destroying downtowns as evidenced this past weekend in Chicago triggering a threat to someone like this man/woman?  If you live a relatively secluded life within your community with you simple weekly tasks and do not socialize much outside of your household/community are you more apt to feel threatened by a strange "black" person showing up at your door?  I am white, I thought about this when I opened my door to the three little black boys offering to move our garbage cans from the side of the house to the front curb on pick up morning (they live in the neighborhood and are trying to earn some Summer money, cute), and this incident had just made the news.  I would never react that way but I am well traveled and my neighborhood, as well as my children's schools (when they attended) is/are very diverse, and by this I do not mean one of three POC.  Our sports teams are not all white and it's always been that way in my community.  Was this man's community Lilly white?  If this is the case, and god I hope there is an explanation from this man/woman who shot this poor boy that will bring tears to my eyes, what in the world can we do to help people like this open their worldview.  A child is a child, and yes, even when I lived in Baltimore City and was harassed by the squeegee boys I always found that they really meant no harm and just wanted attention, someone to care not just our money.  What on earth can a person do to try and get a person like this out in the world and interacting with more of these children/people so they don't see them as an instant threat?  I'm truly curious how I might approach this were I see it in my own community?[/quote]

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