Posted on 04/08/2020 2:39:31 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
The mild spring weather was perfect for basketball, and residents of West Philadelphia’s Mill Creek neighborhood went outside.
Adults and kids gathered on the concrete court and nearby on the sidelines Monday evening, playing games and sitting shoulder to shoulder. Neighbors said they counted more than three dozen people at the West Mill Creek playground that day — and few were taking precautions to ward off the spread of COVID-19.
“They were chest-bumping, popping fist bumps. They were living like there was nothing happening,” said Reatha Wilson, whose Reno Street house faces the courts.
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African Americans harder hit....the reason may never be known
I’ve seen posts about mayors closing parks and removing hoops to boot.
Hey, if the IOC let whatshisname with HIV play b-ball trading sweat...
Herd immunity or thinning the herd?
Obviously it’s racism. Duh! /s
The edicts dont apply to minorities, muslims, homeless or LGBT.
Play stupid games........
A friend of mine was talking to a Detroit cop and for the people downtown this is party time. The kicker is they gather and party where the older people live because they are the ones with houses. But the whole state of Michigan will remain under house arrest because the number of cases for this racist disease will keep going up.
Thinning the herd....
African Americans harder hit....the reason may never be known
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This is such a mystery.
Crap, taking away their courts would be worse than their EBIT not working
It is a mystery. But more affirmative preferences might help, right?
FR: “Stupid black people just want to get sick!”
Also FR: “Social distancing and closing parks are an affront to my liberties! We need to defy this!!!!”
Too sharp there.
“African Americans harder hit....the reason may never be known”
Known and publicly discussed.
Touche’
If they do that there would probably be riots worse than Ferguson and Baltimore.
Faisi’s comment that we need to looking to the disparaging numbers of black people getting the virus, hey fausi, look no further
He knows the reasons for the disparity. He acknowledged it yesterday, adding that nothing can be done about it today.
Yup....Mayor Lovely Warren in Rochester NY...the black kids were playing basketball...no masks, no gloves. Totally biased....she said the hoops and equipment could carry the germs. Ever seen a sick hoop?
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