I don’t think it’s that cut and dried—Who’s this Hickey? Is he one of the geniuses who told the Keystone Kops in the DC area that the DC snipers were white? I lived in Maryland at that time—it was in October 2002-7 years ago. Fun times.
You can say what you want-—but bottom line. “Crime” in America is a non-white issue—even much white collar/identity theft crime is. I wish I could wave a magic wand and change it, but I can’t. In NYC, gun killings are 98% the work of blacks/Hispanics. Whites in Los Angeles account for less than 5% of the murders in the metro area.
And you opine that we can’t talk about it? Sorry, Charlie.
I recently read an interview with Charles Barkley, the ex-basketball player turned announcer, who lamented that people gave him static when he made an outrageous comment, and that whites lauded an outspoken white man as “ gutsy” while a black who was that way was demonized. He inferred it had a chilling effect, making it tough for blacks to speak their minds.
Trouble is, Charles is like the 900- pound guy who describes himself as “a little chunky” He’s not accurate in his self-definition. He isn’t “outspoken” he’s an Olympic class asshole—and whites would call a white man who acted like CB an asshole, as well.
As to the chilling effect—We have a lot of problems in this country, but black people who are reticent to run their mouths is not one of them.
I don’t have much interest in engaging in race-based BS with you. Conservatism is independent of race. Have a good one.