| Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland
Gooserider wrote:
> Nothing they could have said(and they insist they said nothing) justifies a
> BEATING. What kind of bull is that, Roger? Even if the two cyclists were
> n-word spouting skinheads, no words justify a beating. Why are you so
> unwilling to believe this is what it obviously is---a racial attack?
> Unbelievable.
While I believe there may have been racism involved in the
attack, there is also the aspect of the attackers just being
idiot teenagers.
Sometimes the behavior of teenagers toward non-members of
their group is amazing!
I typically use a bike path for part of my work commute and
have occasionally had to deal with knucklehead teenagers
walking down the path 3-4 abreast and refusing to share the
path whatsoever. They knew I was behind them: I rang my bell
and did the "trying to pass" finally giving up and riding on
to the grass off the path to get by them (muttering "it's a
herd of idiots" not too weakly under my breath in passing).
Sometimes teenagers [especially in groups] do really dumb
things and race doesn't really have any root cause in it.
But I agree that "racism" is largely defined as white persons
doing harm to black/brown/red/yellow persons in this country
now. "Racism is a white man's disease" was stated by a local
Hispanic city council member some years back; which only goes
to prove there really is equality between races: we're all
equally capable of racist thinking.
SMH
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