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This sort of crime will continue for so long as our society produces thieves who will follow and rob people known to be carrying large sums of cash.
So by inference, and you can correct me if I'm mistaken, I'm interpreting your statement as one of intimation that current cultural conditions have nothing to do with these types of crimes - as in, "water is wet."

Is this a correct assessment?

Rather than trying to parse that word salad, I will rephrase.

I strikes me that the race/ethnicity of the victim did not give rise to this crime. She was not robbed/attacked because she was Asian any more than she was robbed/attacked for the color of her blouse. She was robbed/attacked because the perp KNEW that she was carrying a lot of cash.

It is likely that her being small and female also played a role, in that those traits made her easier to rob.

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Posted by the_truman_shitshow

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Posted on 3/14/23 at 11:59 am to AggieHank86

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...strikes me that the race/ethnicity of the victim did not give rise to this crime

Fair point. There is no evidence to prove that this crime was an ethnically-targeted hate crime.

However, it is undeniable, that the recent rhetoric of our political leaders, in our media and similar propaganda being peddled by our institutions all contribute towards the narrative that Black Africans are victims of a society which has mistreated and exploited them.

Wouldn't you then agree that it follows that those who are members of the Black African community who subscribe to these ideas, could convince themselves of the dangerous notion that they are somewhat 'justified'/'entitled' in committing these types of crimes because they feel that society at large, owes them something.

For you Black Africans on this board, am I completely off base in thinking this to be the case? Please chime in.

This post was edited on 3/14/23 at 12:00 pm

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Posted by NineLineBind

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Posted on 3/14/23 at 12:34 pm to AggieHank86

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I strikes me that the race/ethnicity of the victim did not give rise to this crime. She was not robbed/attacked because she was Asian any more than she was robbed/attacked for the color of her blouse. She was robbed/attacked because the perp KNEW that she was carrying a lot of cash.

I agree with this in general. It's a shame the same approach wasn't given to the cases of George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Jacob Blake, etc. Things were KNOWN and seen by those at the scene in each case. But racism was the only reason that was pushed by media and pundits. The double standard is tiresome.

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