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Does this look like a racist attack to you?
July 30, 2015 at 11:42 am
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shocking-cctv-...ml#pJnu950
Quote:Shocking footage has emerged of a “vicious” and “cowardly” attack on a man by a gang of 12 in London.
The assault happened at about 10pm on May 31 on Tower Bridge when a 29-year-old man walking home from a friend’s wedding was targeted.
In the unprovoked attack, captured on CCTV, the man is hit on the back of the head then shoved to the ground and kicked repeatedly.
Luckily, he was left with only cuts and bruises from the minute-long attack.
The footage was released by City of London Police, who say they are looking for a group of up to 12 Asian men who carried out the attack.
This is really one for people in the UK... does anyone else think that the headline would be vastly different if the attackers were white and the victim asian? I can't help but think the word 'racist' would somehow be flung in there. Yet, rather strangely, it's just reported on like this is an out of the blue attack with no estimation at all of what the motives might be.
I don't know the actual reasons of why this guy was attacked, ofcourse, I may well be wrong, but I think it looks pretty obvious that this is some kind of targeted attack. I have a hard time believing a bunch of 12 asian yobs would attack another unsuspecting asian guy... especially if he looked like a muslim.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 12:34 am
But white people can't be the victims of racism because white privilege and superstructure and other buzzwords I read on Tumblr.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 4:21 am
(July 30, 2015 at 11:42 am)Napoléon Wrote: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/shocking-cctv-...ml#pJnu950
Quote:Shocking footage has emerged of a “vicious” and “cowardly” attack on a man by a gang of 12 in London.
The assault happened at about 10pm on May 31 on Tower Bridge when a 29-year-old man walking home from a friend’s wedding was targeted.
In the unprovoked attack, captured on CCTV, the man is hit on the back of the head then shoved to the ground and kicked repeatedly.
Luckily, he was left with only cuts and bruises from the minute-long attack.
The footage was released by City of London Police, who say they are looking for a group of up to 12 Asian men who carried out the attack.
This is really one for people in the UK... does anyone else think that the headline would be vastly different if the attackers were white and the victim asian? I can't help but think the word 'racist' would somehow be flung in there. Yet, rather strangely, it's just reported on like this is an out of the blue attack with no estimation at all of what the motives might be.
I don't know the actual reasons of why this guy was attacked, ofcourse, I may well be wrong, but I think it looks pretty obvious that this is some kind of targeted attack. I have a hard time believing a bunch of 12 asian yobs would attack another unsuspecting asian guy... especially if he looked like a muslim.
I always wondered why race made things worse.
Someone getting hit is someone getting hit, the hitter will always have some motive which may not instantly be obvious. What matters is the action not the motive.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 1:26 pm
downbeatplumb ' Wrote: I always wondered why race made things worse.
Someone getting hit is someone getting hit, the hitter will always have some motive which may not instantly be obvious. What matters is the action not the motive.
It's not that its worse. No one insinuated that. But it has more connotations if a bunch of asian (muslim) men are doing targeted attacks like this than if they were attacking just for his phone or typical yobo stuff. It strikes me as terribly naive for someone to say "I don't see how race makes it worse". The same response wouldn't be given if it was a bunch of KKK members beating down on black people in the US I'm sure. Let's be real, it's more than a little different when race/religion or any kind of targeting like this is done. Why? Because it highlights a much deeper undercurrent of hatred, whereas just opportunistically attacking for other reasons doesn't necessarily have that. So no, motives do matter. Pretty stupid to say otherwise IMO.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 2:38 pm
The liberal left-leaning press are of the opinion that you can only be racist if you are in the majority, because only the majority has the power to discriminate. They tend to believe the same thing about sexism too.
It's why I oppose hate crime legislation. It's utterly pointless. Physically attacking someone is already illegal. It's not like beating up a non-white, gay woman was legal before hate crime legislation came along.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm
I'm led to believe, at least in the US, that white folks like me enjoy the fruits of institutionalized racism against non whites. So random racist actions against me don't count. Because the country's institutions still favor my pale skin.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 4:40 pm
When will the left leaning media learn that asswipes come in all colors?
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 4:52 pm
I can't even make out what's happening in that video, let alone why.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 4:55 pm
(August 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Rahul Wrote: I'm led to believe, at least in the US, that white folks like me enjoy the fruits of institutionalized racism against non whites. So random racist actions against me don't count. Because the country's institutions still favor my pale skin.
They matter as well. You simply choose to use impersonal racism to offset it. But when your face is being kicked I because of your skin color, who.holds the power in society is not going to be foremost in your mind. Your victimization at the moment will hold pride of place.
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RE: Does this look like a racist attack to you?
August 1, 2015 at 5:02 pm
I was being sarcastic, Tan.
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