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BLACK RACISM: THE HATE CRIME THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME
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| July 16, 2002
| David Horowitz
Posted on 07/16/2002 5:52:10 AM PDT by SJackson
We reported the story of the Wichita Massacre in these pages two years ago at the time it happened. Outside the local Wichita press, however, virtually the only media to report this hate crime were Frontpagemagazine.com and the American Renaissance newsletter. While the federal government rushes to Los Angeles to investigate an incident in which a handcuffed youth was slammed into the hood of a car and punched by an officer, a pall of silence still blankets the horrendous racial murder of four young people whose murderers are now on trial. The difference in the responses to these two stories can hardly be attributed to anything other than the skin color of the perpetrators and the victims involved. Apparently the sexual torture and brutal executions of four promising youngsters is of no interest to the nation's moral guardians, because the victims happen to be white.
Stephen Webster's account of these events provides a revealing window on the disturbing - not to say disgusting -- state of the civil rights delusion in America. The U.S. Justice Department has reported that 85% of all inter-racial violence in America is committed by blacks against whites. But there are apparently no black hate crimes; and there is certainly no white civil rights movement to create sympathy for the victims.
Nor can there be one in the present atmosphere of racial hypocrisy, where the mere expression of concern over attacks on white people would itself make an individual a ripe target for racial witch-hunters.
Because they are black, the Wichita killers have been protected from national scrutiny and have not even been charged with a hate crime. The entire apparatus of local government in Wichita - abetted by the national press -- has worked overtime to keep the public ignorant of what happened. If the truth came out, it would threaten a national melodrama in which only blacks are victims, only blacks are persecuted and only whites are racists. Within the framework of this melodrama, the only acceptable meaning of civil rights is retribution for blacks -- retribution for any and every crime, real or imagined, ever suffered by black people however remote in the past. "Reparations" is just the nom de jour of the new civil rights package.
What would happen if, instead, we returned to the idea of individual accountability, and gave up the totalitarian fantasies of reparations and "social justice," in which oppressed classes exact retribution from their age-old oppressors? What if we returned to the real world in which individuals commit indefensible misdemeanors (Los Angeles) and monstrous crimes (Wichita)? What if we revived the idea of making the punishment fit the actual deed? Think of all the people who wouldn't know what to do with themselves if that were to happen.
The fact is that the Wichita horror is but one of many spectacular lynchings of white people by black racists, which the nation's moral watchdogs choose to ignore.
Everybody in America, for example, knows who James Byrd is, and that he was brutally murdered by three whites in Jasper Texas four years ago. Byrd's lynchers offered him a lift in their pickup truck, beat him and chained him and dragged him to his death. An entire nation was outraged and guilty. The President issued a statement, legislators wrung their hands and the media keened over the inhumanity of the act and what it portended for the country's future.
Four years later - this year in fact - a white man named Ken Tillery, hitched a ride in Jasper, Texas. He was given a lift by four black men who then murdered him to a deafening national silence. Like Byrd, Tillery was held hostage and beaten. Then he was run over and crushed to death. The copycat nature of the crime made it a natural news story. But there was none, save a modest account in the Houston Chronicle, to which nobody paid any attention. This savagery was apparently nothing. The pigments were politically incorrect. It was only some white guy, whose ancestors probably owned slaves.
We make no apologies for expressing outrage over these facts or printing the story of the Wichita slayings. We would like to see the trial of these killers reported on Peter Jennings' World News Tonight. We would like to see the story of the murders retold on 60 Minutes or 48 Hours. We would like to see Spike Lee direct a Hollywood feature or Jesse Jackson conduct a pilgrimage to Kansas to plea for racial peace.
But we know these things won't happen. To begin with, Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee don't have the moral intelligence to take these steps. Nor does Peter Jennings. We're regret that this is the case. But we are certain there will not be any bright future for race relations in this country until silences like these are broken.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: kansas; racism; wichita; wichitahorror; wichitamassacre
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posted on
07/16/2002 5:52:10 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
I saw another post of some news piece that was mocking the hate crimes bill as hurting blacks more than helping them. It turned out that they were getting busted for hate crimes 2 or 3 to 1 more than whites.
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posted on
07/16/2002 5:55:11 AM PDT
by
biblewonk
To: SJackson
To: SJackson
The story referenced below got buried by the media and apparently didn't get much circulation outside the Seattle area. I heard it mentioned on a couple of talk shows yesterday, and that was the first I became aware of it. This story shows what happens when the police become so fearful of potential lawsuits that they can't do their jobs. The result can be an atrocity.
King County deputy dies after shooting in Newcastle (naked suspect).
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posted on
07/16/2002 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: SJackson
The "background" article also reminds us that it is sometimes very dangerous to remain passive in the face of brutal aggression.
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posted on
07/16/2002 6:07:17 AM PDT
by
mondonico
To: SJackson; Peacerose
Do you know a source that has a categorical list of events reported in the media each year?
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posted on
07/16/2002 6:11:03 AM PDT
by
Zon
To: SJackson
It's been this way for atleast 20 years hasn't it? Subvert the rights of whites and exalt and promote the rights of blacks. During the civil rights movement in the south Jewish people from colleges and othet sectors marched, i suppose it was to show they had more moral authority. What about the bolsheviks? What group or people are above morality and who is PERFECT?
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posted on
07/16/2002 6:17:12 AM PDT
by
bok
To: SJackson
Of course, all of this is of a piece with the underlying premise of the racial-grievances industry: that only whites are capable of racism in the first place.
Please see also:
Pieties
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com
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posted on
07/16/2002 6:39:11 AM PDT
by
fporretto
To: biblewonk
the hate crimes bill as hurting blacks more than helping them. It turned out that they were getting busted for hate crimes 2 or 3 to 1 more than whites. Reaction to the KKK legitimated Black cultural acceptance of crime, especially including "hate" crime. The KKK is no longer accepted in white America, but black reaction to its action in the past has not been delegitimated. It is, rather, nourished--by black and white con artists. Including, tragicly, the media. Take away the media hype legitimating reaction to essentially phantom threats, and the problem would be greatly ameliorated within a generation. But what then would journalism have to talk about?
To: SJackson
bump for later reading.
To: biblewonk; SJackson
Check out this article about a store owner being targeted for protests because his store was the site of an alleged white on black hate crime, even though the store owner is the one who called the police in the first place.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/715595/posts
To: SJackson
"The U.S. Justice Department has reported that 85% of all inter-racial violence in America is committed by blacks against whites. But there are apparently no black hate crimes; and there is certainly no white civil rights movement to create sympathy for the victims." BTTT...MUD
To: SJackson
Why cant Fox News Ch bring this out? Also Rush and some of the other radio stations? I don't expect anything from the rest of the TV chs but...let Fox News bring it to light and go with it from there.
To: SJackson
Because they are black, the Wichita killers have been protected from national scrutiny and have not even been charged with a hate crime. Yeah, well stand in line. If the Kansas issue is DE-EMPHASIZING evolution, the national media cartel comes out in force (and distorts the facts by saying we are REMOVING evolution teaching from the schools), but if the issue is Christians being driven out of the California schools, or discriminated against in Michigan, GLSEN teaching "fisting" in Massachusetts, Boy Scouts being discriminated against in Florida, or apparently black hate crimes in Wichita --- shh..the national media attack dog is sleeping...
To: SJackson
Excellent post!
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posted on
07/16/2002 8:12:11 AM PDT
by
goodieD
To: mondonico
BUMP
This story and others like it need more national attention.
As some one who lived very near to the location of this crime I can tell you that it really made some blood boil around here.
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posted on
07/16/2002 8:24:37 AM PDT
by
heckler
To: SJackson
BUMP!
To: SJackson
The U.S. Justice Department has reported that 85% of all inter-racial violence in America is committed by blacks against whites Here is the deal. If a black commits a crime by pulling a name out of a hat, he will pick a white person 7 out of 10 times. If a white commits a crime by pulling a name out of a hat, he will pick a black person 1 out of 6 times. Bottom line is if blacks commit about 50% of all crimes in the US (which is actually correct) then by random chance, blacks will commit about 82% of all interracial crimes.
Blacks commit more crimes per capita than others, but it is not targeted against whites.
To further illustrate the point, lets look at the last of the mohicans which would be one guy. If the last of the mohicans commits a crime, it will be 100% chance of being interracial. If a white commits a crime, there is only a 1 in 300 million chance that it will be against a mohican.
To repeat, the problem is that blacks commit more crime but it is not targeted against whites.
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posted on
07/16/2002 8:50:09 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
Are you being sarcastic?
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posted on
07/16/2002 8:56:18 AM PDT
by
heckler
To: Mudboy Slim
Suppose you put 1 black guy and 8 white guys in a room. This is the approximate proportion of the population as a whole. If the black guy commits a random crime, there is a 100% chance of it being against a white guy. When a white guy commits a crime, there will be a 1-8 chance that it will be against the black guy. This does not mean that the black is targeting whites.
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posted on
07/16/2002 9:03:25 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: heckler
No I'm using basic statistics. The conclusion is correct in that blacks are not targeting whites. They are commiting crime 4 times as often as they should be, but they are not targeting whites.
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posted on
07/16/2002 9:04:55 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: RAT Patrol
Let's look at the white collar crooks. Gary Winnick (global crossing), Sullivan and Ebbers ( worldcom), bill clinton, martha stewart, ken lay and jeff skilling (enron), ivan boesky, richard nixon, michael milkin, the whole arthur anderson gang, "chainsaw al" (sunbeam). Why are all these guys white men ? Except for Jesse Jackson, they are all white men. Think about it.
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posted on
07/16/2002 9:09:23 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
There's a big fallacy in your reasoning. Since blacks largely live in heavily black neighborhoods and have much more contact with blacks than whites and others, their victims will be black far more than 14% of the time if they choose victims randomly.
To: hollywood; maica; Freee-dame; wardaddy; Squantos; harpseal
bttt
To: mondonico
While attending Air Force's Squadron Officers school we received some unarmed combatants techniques. The rule was simple, if someone points a gun at you do what they say and don't provoke them. If, however, you believe that they will kill you you should take action. First, step inside the guns arch by deflecting the hand and moving within hugging range. Next grab the gun hand with both your hands and wrest control of the gun away from the perp. This is accomplished by twisting the gun outward and away from your body. In all likelihood the trigger guard will rip the assailant's finger off but heck "That's Okay"! Once you control the gun, you must shot the perp DEAD! Use as many rounds as necessary. No arrests. No hands up! Just shoot until the cylinder or clip is empty!
To: aristeides
good point, but on the other hand, if you plan on robbing someone, I think I would rob a white instead of a blacks because to paraphrase the bankrobber willie sutton, "that's where the money is"
plus even you will admit, most crimes committed by blacks are against other blacks. To dredge this one or two year old story up just to do some race baiting and black bashing is ridiculous.
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posted on
07/16/2002 9:40:24 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
"This does not mean that the black is targeting whites." Statistically-speaking, on a per-capita basis, there is significantly more Black-on-White crime than White-on-Black crime...call it "targeting" or not, them's the facts.
FReegards...MUD
To: staytrue
It's not about race baiting, it's about the one-sided manner in which the national media and politico's treat stories like these.
A black kid gets punched by a white cop , near hysterical reaction. 7 whites targeted for murder by black ex-cons,nothing.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:01:05 AM PDT
by
heckler
To: Mudboy Slim
On a per capita basis there is far more black on black crime than black on white crime. That is a fact. It does not mean that blacks are targeting themselves. Blacks are commiting a lot of crime on a per capita basis and it looks like it is very random and not targeting white, black or otherwise. This wichita incident is over a year old. The fact that the author did not find anything more recent means this stuff if very unlikely. You have more to fear from gary condit, bill clinton, ted bundy, the green river prostitute killer, or the guy who did in Ms. Smart than roving bands of blacks looking rape a white girl.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:01:23 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: SJackson
bump
To: heckler
when the white fbi agent shot the white guy in the face in maryland, the reaction locally was just as great.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:02:50 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: heckler
I think blacks are overly sensitive about racism. Sadly, I'm beginning to think the same is true of freepers.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:05:06 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
THose guys are white men because their skin is white? So to even it up, you'd like to see Stan Neal and Bob Johnson indicted...well thought out.
I would assume you know who those two black men are...
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:09:23 AM PDT
by
Benrand
To: Benrand
High profile, white collar criminals are mostly white. I have no idea the two black guys you are talking about. I am a little tired of freepers taking a single incident and trying to drag the entire black/hispanic/asian/fill in the blank as long as it's not a white guy, population through the mud. We can talk hitler, we can talk bin laden, idi amin, ghengis khan, or some other thug of any skin color you like. I feel it serves no purpose.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:18:18 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: staytrue
There is a natural reaction by ordinary folks to the pc-spinning of the 'good-thinkers'.
This is the inevitable fruit of lies and dishonesty on the part of the Establishment.
Your statistical analysis was to the point, AFAIC. ;^)
To: staytrue
"You have more to fear from gary condit, bill clinton, ted bundy, the green river prostitute killer, or the guy who did in Ms. Smart than roving bands of blacks looking to rape a white girl." No argument here...LOL!!!
FReegards...MUD
To: Joe Brower
People around here were infuriated with this story. These two brothers SHOULD HAVE been in prison. I had never heard the details of the killings. I knew that the women had been raped and the had been shot executions style but had never heard the details of the sexual torture. Sick, sick, sick and I have no doubts that is was racially motivated.
The death penalty is two easy for these two. They deserve a slow, tortureous death and may they rot in hell!
The media DISGUSTS me!!
To: staytrue
blacks are not targeting whites. They are commiting crime 4 times as often as they should beas whites, who in turn are commiting crime how many times as often as Asians?
To: staytrue
My statistics professor told the tale of a county agent filling out one of the myriad government forms, this one asking the percent of sheep that had died in his county of disease in the past year. He put down 50%.
CDC sent in a massive team to his office, all dressed in protective suits.
He did not remove his feet from his desk as he informed them there had been only two sheep in his county and one had died of some mysterious disease.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:50:03 AM PDT
by
ofMagog
To: ofMagog
my favorite statistic is that 100% of all serial rapists had moms (or dads) so the solution is to kill all the moms. End of problem right. 100% of all robbers drank milk as a kid. solution is to ban milk.
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posted on
07/16/2002 10:57:13 AM PDT
by
staytrue
To: KansasGirl
Too bad they didn't have a gun in that closet!
All the more reason to keep a gun in your home.
To: staytrue
The U.S. Justice Department has reported that 85% of all inter-racial violence in America is committed by blacks against whites Here is the deal. If a black commits a crime by pulling a name out of a hat, he will pick a white person 7 out of 10 times. If a white commits a crime by pulling a name out of a hat, he will pick a black person 1 out of 6 times. Bottom line is if blacks commit about 50% of all crimes in the US (which is actually correct) then by random chance, blacks will commit about 82% of all interracial crimes.Your analysis would then indicate that most black crime is committed against whites, which is incorrect. Ive read as much as 90% of black crime is black on black. I assume that figure holds for violent crime as well.
I think the Justice Dept figure is referring only to that subset of overall violent crime, inter-racial. That said, there could be factors other that race acting as motivators. Its unclear to me just what inter-racial violence involves. If it includes things like muggings or burglary, economic factors could play a big part.
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:04:47 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
I'll bet the Carr brothers look just like every other gan-banger punk I see walking the streets of Jersey City, NJ every day.
To: staytrue
And, it was proven 1725 was a terrible year to be born. Every person born that year subsequently died.
However, chances are if your parents had no children, you probably won't either.
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:09:48 AM PDT
by
ofMagog
To: SJackson
Four years later - this year in fact - a white man named Ken Tillery, hitched a ride in Jasper, Texas. He was given a lift by four black men who then murdered him to a deafening national silence. Like Byrd, Tillery was held hostage and beaten. Then he was run over and crushed to death. The copycat nature of the crime made it a natural news story. But there was none, save a modest account in the Houston Chronicle, to which nobody paid any attention. This savagery was apparently nothing. The pigments were politically incorrect. It was only some white guy, whose ancestors probably owned slaves.As much as I like and admire Horowitz, this story was written on by a national columnist, Paul Scates, which is where Horowitz read about the story. Stealing stories is a mortal sin, no matter what side you're on. Famous writers love to see themselves cited and quoted by lesser names, but routinely refuse to give minimal respect to the people who much of the time break the stories they make money off of: No Hate Crime Here, Boss, Just Killin' a White Man
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:18:18 AM PDT
by
mrustow
To: SJackson
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:24:05 AM PDT
by
mrustow
To: heckler
We could flood the inboxes of CNN and ABC News with emails of the article.
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:28:19 AM PDT
by
two23
To: SJackson
I've seen statistics showing that the black overrepresentation is particularly great for people committing interracial rape, hardly what one thinks of as an economic crime.
To: SJackson
Several threads on this subject:
Wichita Horror.I've been patiently waiting for updates on this case.
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:40:46 AM PDT
by
Drew68
To: aristeides; mrustow
I've seen statistics showing that the black overrepresentation is particularly great for people committing interracial rape, hardly what one thinks of as an economic crime.mrustow, thanks for the links. Horowitz appears to get his data from the links below, a report issued a few years ago.
Aristeides, you can find detailed statistics here Color of Crime-PDF file
Color of Crime-HTML Cached copy
Using your example of Rape/Sexual assault, for 1999:
White Victims 313,080100
78.4% White Perp (245,454)
10.1% black perp (31,621), remainder unknown
Black Victims 53,670
10.1% white perp (5,420)
83.5% (44,814) black perp, remainder unknown
A white victim is as likely to be attacked by a black (10.1%) as a black victim by a white (10.1%). From that perspective, the racial fear factor appears to be the same.
However, there are 37, 041 cross racial rapes, of which 85% were black on white crimes. And of the 76,435 rapes committed by blacks (about 25% of the total), 41% were cross racial, compared to only 3% for white rapists. Race would appear to be a factor. The stats appear to be similar for other categories.
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posted on
07/16/2002 11:57:26 AM PDT
by
SJackson
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