To: jackbill; Bush or Bust
"Three whites (2 men, 1 woman), one Hispanic and one Indian yesterday. Or 2 whites, 2 Hispanics and one Indian."
Yes, well, it's a possibility that has to be eliminated, whether this is a hate crime. Press seems uncertain on the racial breakdown, as your post indicates.
To: FreeTheHostages
I think the mixup regarding the ethnic breakdown of the victims is probably due to the last names not ALWAYS being indicative of the race. There are many blacks with Spanish last names, and I believe the woman shot on the bench had a hyphen in her name Lewis-Rivera, indicating that she may only be married to a Hispanic.
I think it IS safe to say that at least 2 whites are now part of the death toll, and that this is not a "Aryan nation" type killer.
327 posted on
10/04/2002 1:39:05 PM PDT by
Skywalk
To: FreeTheHostages
Press seems uncertain on the racial breakdown, as your post indicates. That's because "Hispanic" is not a race, it's an ethncity, and really just means a Spanish speaking person of the new world. For example I know a "hispanic" whose name is something like Sven Nielson, he's from Mexico City. Hispanics may be white (say from Chile or Argentina) or Black (Cuba or other Carribean area) or brown, which itself is really a mixture of white and red (that is AmerInd)
650 posted on
10/04/2002 8:07:26 PM PDT by
El Gato
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