Posted on 03/10/2011 4:52:23 PM PST by KansasGirl
The alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl by at least 18 boys and young men has sparked shame and outrage in a tiny Texas town, but it has also stirred racial tensions that threaten to split the East Texas hamlet...
The rape allegedly occurred last November, and the list of suspects has been growing as arrests keep coming. It's not clear whether more arrests are in the works.
The suspects range in age from 14 to 26, include stars on the high school's basketball team as well as the son of a school board member...
"Every adult male that had sex with this child should go to prison, I don't care what the color is. But I do not believe black males are the only ones that had contact with this young child," said Quanell X, the leader of Houston's New Black Panther Party. "It appears to me there's only been the selective prosecution of one community, which is African American." ...
In addition, Cleveland is embroiled in a political scandal where three city council members are facing a recall election following complaints of corruption. All three of those city council members are African American....
Cleveland police began investigating the rape in December of last year after cell phone video showing the alleged sex attack started circulating among students at Cleveland schools, according to court documents. The video shows the girl engaged in sexual acts with several men.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Not in terms of the crime, but possibly with respect to the racial polarization of the town.
We were discussing here the responsibilty to educate children about not going into vehicles with stangers, not the rape itself.
They are too ignorant to know that the Basques, the Canary Islanders, the Cubans, and 50% of New Yorkers disagree with them.
Right on. I have several red-haired blue-eyed friends whose ancestors are from Spain. They would never classify themselves as Hispanic.
Hispanic is a purely political designation, used mainly in the USA to get freebies for freeloaders.
dljordan wrote:
“They generally have an IQ of around 85 and have been taught since their earliest years that they are special, this being reinforced by their families. They can’t think beyond the moment, especially the males.”
And TXnMA replied:
I have seen less-blatantly racist statements on neo-Nazi white supremacist websites. IMHO, we don’t need that on FR...”
What did the original poster say that was not factual?
Please be specific in your refutations, instead of simply using a hate-word like “racist”.
Til you’re able to do that, he called it like he saw it.
And he called it right.
I accept and admire dljordan's apology.
'Nuff said...
You're not dealing with "people" here...
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