On July 9th, 2007 at 3:49 pm, xblade said:

Yeah, mostly by other blacks.

Actually no. Black gangs are statistically irrelevant in Los Angeles. Yes there are thousands of young black men and boys who claim a set.

But there are almost no areas where blacks are a majority. And the overwhelming influx of Latino gangs makes being black a liability in large segments of LA. There is no protective value to being in a gang for African-Americans.

The press covers this more and more lately. But the real numbers have yet to surface. It would be impossible to acknowledge 100s of thousands of Latino gang members and continually flout the immigration laws. LA is a sanctuary city. It’s mayor all but calls for illegals to vote. Many surrounding cities (Maywood, Huntington Park, Vernon, Whittier) are fast becoming third world outposts.

LaShawn Barber has been on top of this. Suprisingly, so has the LA Weekly. LA Times has its nose up Mayor Villaraigosa’s culo.

But to suggest that because blacks kill, rob or assault other blacks that there is no white racism is silly. Most crimes are intraracial as opposed to interracial. Check your DOJ crime stats. That applies to each race.

What’s up with this burgeoning trend among conservatives to act as if racism has had no lingering effects and has all but disappeared?

The fact that many comments here generalize about how Blacks act en masse is proof that racism still exists.

We all know:
Racism is not a barrier to success in America. Neither is class. Even the most impoverished and marginalized American enjoys boundless opportunities.

However, it takes undeniable privilege and willful ignorance to act as if there is no pain suffered as the object of racism. (Note I did not say “victim.” The true victims are the purveyors of hate.) Regardless, I would gladly supplant physical pain for some of those painless words I have endured.

Furthermore, if words have no power, then what is the point of the first amendment? Why would so many die for so few words? I mean those words merely protect and unbind some other words, right? No biggie.

And if words have such little impact, then why does being called “racist” send the average conservative into an immediate tailspin?

On the one hand you lament those “people” that judge a whole group based on what a few do. Then turn around and say you understand why blacks do this very thing.

…and I must admit, I only saw bits and pieces of the dem debate, (because my time could be better spent eslewhere), but when it comes down to it, better ideas will beat pandering hands down. However, people have to hear what these ideas are, and currently the GOP is not doing a good job at getting its message accross to these people.

The problem is that too many people base their judgments on what a few people are saying/doing and basing their entire judgement of a group/party on the actions of these few idiots.

Which is one of the reasons why I think blacks have yet to vote for the GOP. We have a fringe group of idiots who make the rest of us look bad

I just love irony. These two statements contradict themselves.

I think that saying that GOPers don’t pander is a gross oversimplification

Oversimplification????? Did you not watch the Dem debate at Howard university? It was horrible how low the candidates were stooping…… and the most troublesome thing was not what was being said on stage, but rather the fact that the audience members were standing up and applauding it.

There are still “sundown towns.” There are many neighborhoods in LA where blacks are targeted for deadly violence.

Yeah, mostly by other blacks.