The Confederacy (was Re: questions)

Eric Beck rayrena at accesshub.net
Thu Jan 11 17:28:24 PST 2001


Chris Kromm wrote:


>Never been harassed in the North, Midwest or anywhere else? I'd call that
>luck, not analysis. From today's papers:
>
>UPI: Despite of nearly two years of loud complaints and calls for reform,
>the number of minority traffic stops has gone up in Trenton, New Jersey, and
>its suburbs. The Trenton Star-Ledger says that amid much-publicized calls
>for reform, particularly from civil rights groups, the latest statistics
>show that over 40 percent of traffic stops involved members of minority
>groups . . .

Yeah, but Chris, that's, like, the suburbs. Don't you know that the suburbs are as uniformally racist and backward as the South? In the enlightened urban area where I live, Brooklyn, nothing like that goes on.

Eric



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