Actually, some of the bikers were black - I saw a photo of one of the wounded, in his biker vest, and he was most certainly black. In short, this shootout had nothing to do with whiteness or any other racial or ethnic connection. It was gangs doing what gangs do.
And what they do is shoot at and otherwise attack each other, not burn down the CVS, assault emergency personnel, and win the support and admiration of the press and the Democrats for doing so.
ANother thing our loony academic seems to have missed is that these biker thugs are not considered by the non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics or any of the other groups possibly involved to represent those groups, and are not even considered representative of bikers or biker clubs. Nobody, white or otherwise, biker or not, is rushing forward to claim that they were heroes and that this behavior was justified.
Contrast that with the swooning response of the left to the brutal violence of the leftist-inspired black criminals in Baltimore.
Good point.
The bikers thugs were not heralded as victims (thought of such a thing seems totally bizarre).
I agree. Actual facts that don’t fit Chauncey’s central theme aren’t really highlighted. Instead he prefers to use the sweeping generalizations of which he accuses white devils and white-biased media.
Bottom line is this. Here’s a self promoting writer with a web page, a radio show, and a repertoire of articles on Slate, Salon, etc. To get the latest published credit his continual white devil theme screed has to have some tenuous connection to very recent events. He chose the two most publicized from the last 30 days. Not hard to figure.