| Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland
tomkeats@bud.garden.local (Tom Keats) wrote:
>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.
Would you say the same about if the victims had been black and a group
of affluent white girls had attacked them because of their hip-hop
dress and attitude? If only they had "backed off"...
Exactly how DO you "back off" when your "insult" is being white and
riding a bike? Personally, I'm not quite sure how to do that. I've
ridden thousands of miles through predominantly black neighborhoods
and never realized that I needed to "back off".
Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame
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