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Not to mention, of course, that if you stroll around, you might look suspicious and some suburbanite may call the police on you.
by Mkide 7y ago
Not to mention, of course, that if you stroll around, you might look suspicious and some suburbanite may call the police on you.
- nitrogen 7y agoNeither the lack of strolling nor the heightened suspicion are true of all suburbs in the US.
- markbnj 7y agoThe author nowhere claims that these things are universally applicable, and is careful to note many exceptions. If enough people read it and think the shoe fits, then it probably fits.
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- cscurmudgeon 7y agoIn the city, you get attacked by "youths". So it gets cancelled out.
- eropple 7y ago> In the city, you get attacked by "youths". So it gets cancelled out. You're showing your true face with this projection and it is a very bad look. Meanwhile, as somebody outside that land of that weird projection: I've lived in some of the "worst neighborhoods" of my city, as an ethnic group that very much did not fit into that area, and have never felt anything but safe walking down the street. To the best of my recollection my SO never felt worried even as she walked a mile-plus to the train every day, either. Crime happens, certainly. It is not some terrifying scourge and it also happens to not be isolated to the racial groups you fear or hate or both--and I'd appreciate if you don't dissemble about this one 'cause let's be honest, you're not exactly showing enough subtlety to not scarequote "youths" and we all know what that means in America in 2020.
- cscurmudgeon 7y ago> You're showing your true face with this projection and it is a very bad look. I was personally attacked in SF but keep ignoring that there is not problem.
- eropple 7y agoThat sucks, I'm sorry to hear that. Now when you extrapolate it out to a statistically meaningful sample, what happens?