Quote:Is the context, "certain races act certain ways"?  If so, then it's not taken out of context.

 

Certain races of people from certain social classes do act in certain ways.  That's a fact and I don't point it out to be racist at all.  If it's in an article describing people from a certain background being arrested for possibly violent crimes from a "poor" part of a metropolitan area, then the statement is pretty much spot on.  He wasn't saying that ALL black people conduct themselves in that manner, though that's how people typically try to spin something like this.

 

Those are the very problems that need to be addressed and I said before, it's not just the black community it's society as a whole.

 

I would challenge anyone to do a little experiment.  Go to the courthouse and just watch what's going on around you.  Listen and watch.  What the author describes is reality.  Pay attention to a person's demeanor that is being led into a courtroom if they are in custody.  See how many of them "give a shout out" or display gang signs to people that are there.  Show up early and see how some of these people are dressed for court, and their demeanor.  It's not just black people either.

 

The bottom line is the author is describing reality and people don't want to hear it or believe it.

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