| Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland
"Zoot Katz" <zootkatz@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:315pq21nj33shu4k23g75mp5bu0s509lga@4ax.com...
> On 15 Jan 2007 19:48:37 -0800, "Sir Ridesalot"
> <i_am_cycle_pathic@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>>> ::: One witness heard a racial slur aimed at the cyclists, who said
>>> ::: they didn't hear it. The teens were black while the cyclists were
>>> ::: white.
>>
>>That is where the skin colours was mentioned.
>>
> Had both the assailants and victims been the same skin colour the
> story wouldn't have made ink unless one was trying to highlight the
> gender angle.
>
> It's probably a scenario that is repeated several times per week in
> other cities across the country but Portland's awareness of bicycling
> issues got it reported by the media there.
> --
> zk
I'll go you one further---if the races had been reversed this would be a
national news story. "Racist attack in Portland", and all that.
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