I am a Black Man and EVEN I am afraid of Black people - FoxNews Anchor

Interesting timing on this thread. About an hour ago, DH was telling me about what happened to the (long haul) driver he spent the day with yesterday. In 1995, he and his wife were coming out of a restaurant up in Dallas area and a 16 year old kid shot him in the back as he was getting into his car. Then the kid came closer and shot him 8 more times at close range. The kid (who is serving 60 years in prison but eligible for parole in 2027) said he was visiting from Tulsa, OK and "wanted to impress his new friends". Both the driver and the kid are African American.

Based on crime statistics, stuff like this seems to happen most often involving minorities, but if you note the really horrific stuff; mass killings like Columbine and Jared Loughner, all but the sniper in Virginia/ Maryland and the kid at the U of Virginia have been Anglo.

Crazy really doesn't discriminate.

reply to post by DogsDogsDogs


Indeed it doesn't. That's why I look for behavioral characteristics rather than racial characteristics.
HOWEVER, areas that are predominantly hispanic or black tend to have much more crime in them.

I know because that's where I grew up and crime statistics tend to agree with me. This, however, does not mean that minorities are crime prone. It means that there's a problem with our education, our social system, and our economics.

reply to post by projectvxn


I remember someone (I think it was Al Sharpton but don't quote me) a few years back bitching about the show "COPS" because it only showed black men being arrested.And I thought well the show is a camera crew riding with cops responding to calls-so if there were white bank presidents committing crimes they would be showing that- I really wish people (of ANY color) would just start taking responsibility and stop waving the race card every 5 minutes- it's old....