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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

So what.  Blacks get hassled more time than whites.  Ah, yeah, *some* blacks 
in *some* areas get hassled more times than *some* whites.  So do Mexicans, 
so do Asians, so do Indians, so do Muslims.  AND, so do redneck, hillbilly, 
Oakie looking white guys in old beaters.  SO WHAT!

The guy was NOT hassled.  He was treated like *anyone* would have been if 
there was a reported possible break in.  EVERY SINGLE COP in the world is 
told to get a possible perp out of the building where a possible crime is 
being committed.  IF the guy had been white or "Latino," he would have been 
asked the same thing "Please step out of the house."  99.9% of them would 
not have started screaming accusations OR started calling people to raise as 
stink!  When the cop asked for ID, 99.9% of blacks, Mexicans, Asians, 
Indians AND white guys would have given the cop their ID.

NOR would they have followed the cop out of the house after giving him the 
ID and kept screaming at him.  Only someone looking to cause a problem would 
have done that.  Gates knew exactly what he was doing.  The only problem 
with the scenario is he didn't know the cop's background AND he didn't know 
that he picked on the one cop in the world who wouldn't back down and who 
would call him on his BS!

And, it is NOT the least bit surprising that Gates hasseled the cops.  I 
mean, how many people put on their college application that they probably 
won't get in because of "whitey."  The guy's got a chip on his shoulder, 
he's known on campus as a shit disturber and an *sshole.  Plus he was in the 
middle of making a documentary on profiling.

Yeah, it will go away and it's too bad it will because it clearly shows that 
racism is alive and well in folks who aren't white and it is time a *real* 
discussion happened instead of the whining that goes on now and is let slide 
because everyone is so busy being PC and not wanting to offend anyone black.

Lynda
The press corp is fact-adverse but very fable friendly.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>

If you don't know that Blacks get hassled many times more than whites
then you're living in another dimension. The surprising thing is that
Gates hassled Crowley back, but that might have been owing to jet lag.
I don't expect a white president would have been questioned about the
incident or that a white president would have made the remarks that
Obama did, but, oh well. It gave the talking heads days of
material....

Whoop ti do,

Marie
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