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anygunanywhere wrote:Some people just look for ways to be offended.

Anygunanywhere

Yep...I agree. As a matter of fact, I believe that is what I was put on this earth for. To provide these folks with the satisfaction of finding what they look so hard for. It is a huge responsibility, but I am up to the task.

G.C.Montgomery wrote:

Dude, you aren't the first to notice that trend and it's not a new trend. Minorities have complained of that issue for decades but, the majority tends to dismiss it as a “fig Newton” of our imagination. It is part of basic human logic to recognize patterns and the report of, or failure to report, race with respect to crimes is a recognizable pattern to anyone who chooses to pay attention. That’s not necessarily good or bad.

What is bad is when we don’t take that sort of thing into account and recognize that it can create subconscious bias. Nearly all of us have a pre-conceived image of a person connected with certain terms based on life experience and the images to which we’ve been subjected during our lifetimes. That image may include gender and race. As an example, what pops into your mind for the following terms:
Cop
Gangbanger
Priest
Pedophile
Pharmacist
Dealer
Doctor
Rapist
Lawyer
Robber
Judge
Criminal
Singer
Serial Killer
Supremacists

No need to post what come to mind here, it is just something to think about. But with respect to the original topic, I will say my observations are in line with those of the original post and I would agree that, at least to me, it seems race is reported more often when minorities commit crimes.

It is a fact that each and every item in your list is dominated by certain groups based on race. There is no getting around it. For instance when I read pedophile my first thought was white male authority figure. Not female...not black. This is due to the FACT that most of the pedophile crimes I read about are commited by white guys in positions of authority and trust. Making it politicly incorrect to mention the ethnic group/race a criminal belongs to is NOT going to change the fact that certain groups are responsible for certain types of crimes.

Why would mentioning the race or sex of a criminal make anyone uncomfortable? Fighting some internal demons maybe???? This would be the most likely reason for the discomfort. Maybe trying to convince yourself your not racist by publicly stating your not a racist? If your really concerned with the general image of the ethnic group mentioned in a crime, maybe you could do something to change the situation that is causing this particular group to commit a particular crime. IMHO...living in denial is not going to change the facts. Making the rest of us live in denial is not going to change the facts either. But it could put us in jeopordy of becoming the victim of a crime.

As the old saying goes. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....chances are...your dealing with a duck.

Jason73 wrote:Political Correctness in reporting:

"Dallas police are on the lookout for a person. Suspect is about that tall and weighs about that much. Suspect was last seen wearing something. Suspect is considered armed and dangerous......"

Doesn't make a whole lot of sense does it? If a crime happens in my area and the suspect(s) are still on the loose I want the news to report every detail possible INCLUDING gender and race. That way if I see the person(s) I can call the police.

This whole business reminds me of how different American society has become in the last 20 years and imo its not good. Racism has become an obsession with certain parts of society and certain political parties. Its used as an excuse, a crutch, etc.

Makes me want to vomit to be honest.

A couple months back a nut job was driving around Garland taking random gunshots a people. The darned media would only refer to him as driving a black honda. There are only about 60 gabillion black hondas driving around the metroplex. I guess you were suppose to duck everytime you saw one. The clown was an asian...but we couldn't say that until after he was caught. Might cause folks to profile asians...LOL. This kind of stupidity with the liberals made it next to impossible to know who to look out for.

Jason73 wrote:For the record, if this board is going PC I wish to be addressed as an Gravitationally Challenged German Italian Polish Norwegian French American.

Thank you for your support

Jason

<sarcasm off>

Since that would be alot to type...could we just shorten it a little and refer to you as that fat pollock poster with the funny accent? J/K...