Posted on 06/14/2012 10:30:07 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
I have never responded to the columnist down the river.
But I was fascinated by Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass’ take on the recent mob attacks in and around the Streeterville neighborhood.
In his interview with the unidentified doctor who was injured in the attack, Kass asked if the attack was “racial.”
“I don’t think it was racially motivated,” the doctor said. “They were black, I’m Asian, but I think it was something else. I think it was about having fun because they could.”
Still, whether white people are comfortable saying it out loud or choose to keep a lid on their thoughts, a lot of them are wondering if they are being targeted by street mobs because of their race.
Several readers sent me angry emails, saying I didn’t point out that the attackers were black and the victims were white and that makes this a hate crime.
But these mob attacks are not as simple as beating up someone because of their ethnicity.
Because these were not the black-on-black crimes the city has grown accustomed to, that doesn’t mean they were hate crimes.
These were random acts of terrorism.
Police said as many as 17 teens between the ages of 13 and 16 were involved in one of the three attacks that occurred last weekend.
Frankly, I’m not surprised that teens who were apparently out looking for trouble ended up in an area where tourists, toting expensive cameras and smart phones, feel safe.
After several high-profile cases and an intervention by the Guardian Angels, teams of thieves have slowed beating up people on the L trains for their cell phones.
And after two brutal South Side mob attacks sparked a public outcry, police are taking teen mobs seriously.
For example, in 2007 a gang of thugs known as “Goonies” were running around the Roseland area beating up young people and taking their cellphones.
Dreyvon McCray, then 14 and an honors student, was beaten so severely he was in a coma for three months. McCray is black as were his attackers. In that case, a 16-year-old was charged, as a juvenile, with robbery and aggravated battery, and an 18-year-old was also charged with attempted murder.
A summer earlier, Ryan Rusch was brutally beaten and robbed of his cellphone in the Beverly neighborhood. Rusch is white and his teenage attackers were black. Because one of the teens allegedly told authorities that he attacked Rusch because he was a “goofy-looking white boy,” police initially investigated the attack as a hate crime.
Micha Eatman, 18, was convicted on the robbery, aggravated battery and unlawful restraint charges, but a judge cleared him of attempted murder charges after a bench trial.
The one thing these cases have in common is that they involve young black males roaming the streets looking for trouble.
Had the teenagers involved in the Streeterville assaults walked up on a lone victim in Roseland or Maywood, for that matter, the outcome would have been the same.
The mixture of idleness and testosterone, fueled by a disgraceful lack of respect for the rights of others, puts us all at risk for getting knocked in the head if we run into the wrong crowd of teens.
Unfortunately, the fact that fewer than three in 10 American teenagers now hold summer jobs is going to make a bad situation even worse.
As it is, too many teens have nowhere to go and nothing to do. And despite the fact that many of these teens have no home training, their parents and guardians allow them to hang out at festivals and concerts unsupervised.
Obviously, if teens haven’t learned how to behave properly in school and in the neighborhood, you can best believe they are going to act like fools when they are out and about.
So if you have one of these teens at home, and you are letting him or her run the streets, then you are running the risk that you are going to be footing a huge legal bill down the road.
Obviously assaults and robberies, not to mention homicides, are despicable crimes that occur too often in black neighborhoods.
But when a mob of teenagers beats up someone for sport, it isn’t about the color of the victim.
This is about a breakdown of civility that can spread like a disease. As long as there are so many teens that are not engaged in productive activities, no one is immune from the impact of that disease.
As someone who grew up in this city at a time when activists had to agitate just to live, work and play outside the black belt, I don’t need to tell you that these mob attacks make me especially ashamed.
Wow, same logic as the KKK.
The point of the article is not what the writer intended.
But she makes her point clear nonetheless:
She and the rest of Racial Grievance Mongers Industry are scared to death that Americans might wake up and realize that "hate crimes" against whites are exceedingly common.
And exceedingly likely to be covered up.
I always wondered about that phrase. "Reverse racism" is still racism, just as "reverse discrimination" is still discrimination.
Although, "discrimination" is what whites do. When blacks do it, it's called "affirmative action".
“But these mob attacks are not as simple as beating up someone because of their ethnicity.”
Oh, no. Human interactions are far too multifaceted and complex to reduce to such terms. Except for when it’s a group of whites beating up a black or straights bashing a gay. Then it’s about “hate” and nothing else.
THAT explains it.
OF COURSE when black mobs attack white and Asian victims it’s not because of their race... can’t be!
Many non-Blacks suffer from the MLK syndrome thinking that his dream became a reality.
Will never happen in our society where diversity and multiculturalism are being emphasized as desirable assets and where nationalism is considered a dirty word.
Things will only get from bad to worse.
Maybe not about the race of the victim (although that’s debatable).
But why is not much said about the race of the perps? (Besides, of course, pandering)
We start asking questions about who influences these kids and read their social media it will be found to be one step removed from the D party. Kass is right on and he has to be PC but where these kids come from the gangs are the political muscle of the precinct and the “reverends” are their straight counterpart. It really shouldn’t take much police work, but it won’t happen because if it were traced back to “community organizers” on the D payroll the Kenyan would be sent packing.
” But why is not much said about the race of the perps? (Besides, of course, pandering) “
Maybe because the race of the perps is pretty much understood, even by the (pandering) author??
I go to ‘Detective Shaved Longcock’ for info on ChiCongo crime.
I think it goes even deeper than race.
That is, I would hazard to guess that the vast majority of these ‘youts’ were from single parent families. Why? Because children from single parent families are 60% more likely to be criminal offenders.
Why? Simple. Children from two parent families, a father and a mother, are raised for “success” in one way or another. Especially if the parents themselves are not losers.
But children from one parent families are raised in a “survival” mode, not a “success” mode. And if you think of what a “survival” mode entails, it suddenly makes sense.
It means that such children are more like primitives than they are social people. Might makes right, the strongest lead, the weaker follow, and the weakest perish. Aggression and greed are good, as are dominance and control.
It is an ugly way to live.
Really?
Does this apply to white teenage mobs beating up Black people?
Probably not.
By the way, do we have examples of Black teenage mobs beating up Black people?
Probably not.
Her display of stupidity is absolutely amazing! Otherwise, she has a severe case of Stockholm Syndrome.
It’s really about our poorly run Justice System.
If you let red people kill some green people, and you let red people kill a lot of red people (and get away with it), then you will have a lot of red people killing green people and red people.
The crime that we ‘have’ is the crime we ‘tolerate’. Both the Justice System and the public in general are responsible for it.
The ‘ideological subversives’ (i.e. Communist infiltrators) use it (racism) to keep the masses busy while they change the Constitution and laws to fit the new “Communistic/Socialistic/Third World Dictatorial Theocracy” and then they shoot all the helpful idiots.
'blacks' are what, 14% of the population?
OK... now 80% of 'blacks' didn't vote.
That leaves 20% of 14%, and 97% of that voted for Obama.
So.....what is that, 10,000 blacks?
Led by High-functioning retards who can't figure out that the pretty light is a freight train headed their way.
[ So.....what is that, 10,000 blacks? ]
I implied many of them are racist.. NOT STUPID..
Many are not stupid.. If you believe only 10,000 voted you’re delusional...
Besides that 10,000 voting 10 times is a hundred thousand...
Blacks generally influence many whites around them..
10/4.....
omg...such strong hateful words....NOT!
hey Doc...get a clue....it was racial....they'll do it again...and if you didn't believe that, you would announce your name for all to see, and you wouldn't be taking a cab for 4 blocks...
its RACIAL......pure and simple....
sure, they'll beat up on of their own sometimes, but the real visciousness comes when they go after the whites/asians..
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