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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.singles
Subject: Re: career vs. relationships
Message-ID: <670@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 12:33:50 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 17 12:33:50 1986
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Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC
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Summary: 

In article <1400@gitpyr.UUCP> jkr@gitpyr.UUCP (Jean McSpadden) writes:

>>... An American in a big city who meets a
>>black person after dark is more likely to be afraid of being mugged 
>>than an American who meets a white person after dark. ...
>
>Sorry Bill, but your racist assumptions are showing, or are you really
>suggesting that a black American would be more afraid meeting a black
>person after dark then he would a white person? 

My unqualified statement is in fact an overstatement. But I think 
it may be true in certain circumstances. The statistics I've seen say 
that most crimes against blacks are committed by other blacks. There 
ARE neighborhoods that have a high crime rate that are mostly black,
and some of these neighborhoods are 'policed' by gangs making sure
outsiders keep away. Imagine you're a black resident in such a 
neighborhood on a Friday night, and you're walking down an alley when
you spot a male walking toward you. My contention is that your
reaction to the person will be affected by his race. If it's a white
person, you're likely to ask yourself what the HELL a white person is
doing in this neighborhood after 10 PM; doesn't he know the Iron Dukes
are going to turn him into mincemeat if they find him on their turf?
Doesn't he know every junkie on the block will spot him as an easy
mark? And if it's a black person, you're going to attempt to size him 
up REAL fast to determine whether you've gotten yourself into a
potentially dangerous situation.

                           -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly