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Grex Storage Item 50: Unconscious Racism [linked]
Entered by bradly on Sat Jun 3 20:02:14 UTC 1995:

            
      Not long ago, I though that racism was close to its demise,
   that our soceity was finally unbiased as a majority. I even began
   to think that Affirmative Action was no longer necessary. 

      I was utterly wrong.

      Try to remember back when that 'mother' in South Carolina lied 
   about what happened to her children. Remember when she said that
   a "black man stole my car. He wouldn't let me take my kids out."
   Remember how the police made a sketch with her? Remember how bad we
   all felt? Remember how we believed her? And how she actually killed 
   own kids? If the man was white, whould it have made national T.V?

      And how about right after the Oklahoma City bombing? Who where 
   the very suspects people said they saw standing in front of the 
   A.P. Murray building? This is who ---> two 'Middle Eastern' men!
   
      I am not black, and I'm not Middle Eastern, but what I am is
   really damn sorry this is still happening in the 'greatest country
   in the world.' 

      I just don't know what to make of it without the opinion of 
   other people.

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by mcpoz on Sun Jun 4 01:36:59 1995:

Then there was the guy in New York who shot his wife and then shot himself
in the abdomen, claiming he was shot by a black attacker.  His motive
was to murder his wife, give himself a recoverable would and live happily
ever after.  Maybe there was insurance$$ too.

#2 of 5 by aaron on Sun Jun 4 06:57:12 1995:

Actually, my initial reaction to Susan Smith was, "Nice crocodile tears."
My initial reaction to the suggestion that the Oklahoma bombing was
so-called Arab terrorists, and the frequent commentary that this was
something only "they" would do was (sarcastically), "Actually, I think
it was the IRA."

In any event, it is hard to imagine that either of those events
impacted anyone's employment prospects, save for those of the responsible
(white) offenders.

While an argument can be made for retaining "affirmative action," I don't
think this is it.

#3 of 5 by tnt on Mon Jun 5 20:16:32 1995:

   The problem is that much of the time in legitimate cases, blacks ARE
the ones doing the car-jacking, & "Middle-Eastern" types ARE the ones
doing the terrorism in the U.S.

  As for the guy in *Boston* that shot his wife, injured himself & then
called the police & said some dude (who happened to be black) tried to
mug/car-jack them, what would you have done?

   In those circumstances, do you disregard the injured man's story &
assume that he killed his wife & shot himself, & thus not pay any attention
to any story he gives indicating that someone else committed the crime?


   Keep in mind that in ALL the cases that you mentioned, the police used
their resources & despite the false evidence given (in the OKC case, it
wasn't really evidence, just a potential clue/lead), captured the (white
offenders).


  By the way, one of the biggest clues in the Susan Smith case is that the
black dude didn't kick the kids out of the car (either at the time or
shortly later) that he supposedly kicked out Ms. Smith in her story. Black
men have a difficult enough time staying with their own kids, let alone
two white kids who assumably would have been screaming.  Does that annoy
you?  Probably, but thems the facts!  Ever wonder why in the crime blotter
sections of newspapers, they'll give pretty descriptive reports of suspects,
including height/weight, gender, clothing description, etc. but leave out
the race of the suspect?

#4 of 5 by ajohnson on Mon Jun 5 20:54:45 1995:

Quite true! Someday people will be people regardless of sex or race, you know,
"Humans" but lets not fool ourselves into thinking that this has been achieved
yet. Lets just realize when we are doing it and think about it!

#5 of 5 by mcpoz on Wed Jun 7 01:36:36 1995:

that is really racist!

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