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Does the color of the thug going off matter to you?
My one and only fear in NYC is thuggery as well (in the street or at home). Does the color of the thug matter to YOU, since you are asking? It is not "going to matter" to anyone after becoming a victim of crime. It is statistically more likely that a thug would be of a certain race, but that matters only for planning how to avoid being a victim - once the crime has been committed, it is entirely irrelevant what race the thug was.
Does the color of the thug going off matter to you?
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Originally Posted by prospectheightsresident
For me, it's not terrorism, although that is a concern always given what NYC symbolizes to Jihadists and the like. For me, it's random street violence. Thankfully, things are as bad as they were when I was growing up in Bed-Stuy in the 1990s (I've written before about how we were almost shot walking down Nostrand Avenue on the way home, my father and brother were both robbed at gunpoint on our block coming home, we've been at corner stores where a clear robbery was about to happen and the clerk motioned for us to leave in order to avoid danger, hearing gunshots at all times during the night, etc.), they aren't exactly trending in the right direction either.
Terrorism is very rare, while street crime is fairly common. I witnessed (although from several blocks away) the 2013 bombing of Boston Marathon, yet I continue to live primarily in Boston, and feel safe in Boston, because ordinary crime is very low in the area of Boston where I live and hang out.
My one and only fear in NYC is thuggery as well (in the street or at home). Does the color of the thug matter to YOU, since you are asking? It is not "going to matter" to anyone after becoming a victim of crime. It is statistically more likely that a thug would be of a certain race, but that matters only for planning how to avoid being a victim - once the crime has been committed, it is entirely irrelevant what race the thug was.
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The color of their skin makes them more prone to violence, is that what you're saying? Why not certain types of white or Asian males?
The other day I saw a White man acting erratically in the street, I didn't tell myself, let me keep an eye on this White man, I said to myself let me keep an eye on this man. Because if he came up to my car and started harassing me, what matter would his skin color have made at that point. Why is it let me keep an eye on this Black man, and not let me keep an eye on this man, when it comes to Black people. See, this is the problem.
No, not the color of their skin, but statistical data about probability of someone or else committing a crime. Several months ago, in the famous part of the Bronx with which I have certain personal ties :-), there was a group of certain male "youths" walking behind me which made me tense, but the tension immediately relaxed when I realized they spoke Swahili. They didn't change color :-). I haven't relaxed because of anything having to do with color, but with a nearly zero statistical probability that a first-generation immigrant teen from Africa, living in that part of the Bronx, might commit a crime.
The color of their skin makes them more prone to violence, is that what you're saying? Why not certain types of white or Asian males?
The other day I saw a White man acting erratically in the street, I didn't tell myself, let me keep an eye on this White man, I said to myself let me keep an eye on this man. Because if he came up to my car and started harassing me, what matter would his skin color have made at that point. Why is it let me keep an eye on this Black man, and not let me keep an eye on this man, when it comes to Black people. See, this is the problem.
And regarding people who act erratically, I can assure you nobody ever avoids them because of their color. Do you really believe that white people, seeing a white man acting erratically, would think "oh ok, I shouldn't worry about this crazy dude since he is white"? Btw, you don't have to capitalize White, since normal people don't care about this new spelling of a person's race with capital letter, and the wokes don't care about the whites in general, ie, nobody cares about White. I am white, but I would spell that with a capital W only if my last name were White (which it isn't).
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Btw, you don't have to capitalize White, since normal people don't care about this new spelling of a person's race with capital letter, and the wokes don't care about the whites in general, ie, nobody cares about White. I am white, but I would spell that with a capital W only if my last name were White (which it isn't).
