[blu]

All I can say is if you replace “black” with “poor”, it's true. As it is, tho, yes, it is horribly racist. The writer generalizes, and uses (as he should, I guess, seeing as how he's writing from his own perspective...and I'm not sure if he's black or white or vanilla)his limited interaction with a sub-set of society, in situations that are guaranteed to bring out the worst in some people.

I am officially offended, and no, I am not black or Hispanic or Asian or anything else. I'm American.

[A_perfect_lady]

But remember, he’s not just dealing with black criminals. He’s dealing with white and Hispanic criminals as well. He’s saying that white and Hispanic criminals don’t act like this. And as for Asian criminals... he’s never met any except 2. This is clearly cultural.

[GOPJ]

All I can say is if you replace “black” with “poor”, it's true.

You're wrong. Did you go to the jump? Did you read both pieces?

[Balding_Eagle]

You obviously didn’t read the article.

If what he said matters to you, read it all.

You’ll find he’s not black. If you read it with a critical and open mind, you’ll find that you’re wrong on most of what you posted.

[TLI]

All I can say is if you replace “black” with “poor”, it's true.

Nope.

I work in the computer/network Service Desk industry and $$$ has nothing to do with cognitive ability.

About half of the staff is black.

All aspects of the analysts performance are measured to the second, documentation that was utilized, recorded calls analyzed and scored, percentage of first call resolution, follow up, research and resolution, etc, etc.

95% of the blacks on the desk comprise the entire bottom half of the stats for the desk.

After the AA hiring of the tech it is "sorry, private sector looks at only the facts."

Once they are active on the Desk the difference shocking.

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