| Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland
In article <12qp184jj457i66@news.supernews.com>,
"Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> writes:
>::: Maybe it was just a random occurence. Who knows. Geez, people.
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>:: And MAYBE the black girls attacked two white women because they were
>:: white, and did so while calling them racial slurs. Geez, Roger.
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> Given that you nor I were there, we'll never know. For all you know, one of
> the women on bike could have said something to incite them.
As you say, we weren't there.
But I just can't help intuitively feeling that
perceived affluence & corresponding attitudes was
a larger factor in this incident, than "race".
Maybe my own life experience of growing up in a
city with a distinct "east side" and "west side"
is affecting my view.
I don't know where Legacy Emanuel Hospital is in
Portland, but I do know that Portland is more
complicated that cities with simple east/west or
north/south economic demographics.
But the M.O. of punks from the working-class/industrial
area/immigrant-enclave part of town, standing in the way
and beligerently challenging oncomers (especially "rich"
interlopers) is all too familiar to me.
So I have the feeling these victims may have been
picked-on because they were /perceived/ as "rich chicks"
with fancy, expensive bikes, sticking their /perceived/
Conspicuous Consumerism in other people's faces.
Or maybe the perps thought the cyclists were gay,
and it's a case of [misguided] gay-bashing?
I dunno.
But as a life-long city boy, I do know when I'm
confrontin'. And I know when to back-off.
I guess these ladies didn't.
cheers,
Tom
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