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Sure, but I think you have to look at it intersectionally. The fact that they called them "thugs" and used a noose doesn't mean that they're only motivated by r
by jakelazaroff 6y ago
Sure, but I think you have to look at it intersectionally. The fact that they called them "thugs" and used a noose doesn't mean that they're only motivated by racism. Their hostility might manifest differently if the homeless people were mostly white, but it wouldn't go away.
- bradlys 6y agoWeird. Never really heard of anyone calling homeless people thugs. I don't even associate homelessness with black. I associate it with crazy white dudes shitting everywhere - but maybe that's because I'm on the west coast where it seems the majority of homeless guys getting attention are white. I guess there's also the fact that if you were black, homeless, and crazy - you'd have been killed by the police already. Black and homeless - probably keeping lower profile as to avoid police killing you.
- jakelazaroff 6y agoDemographics will be different in different areas. In NYC, over half of homeless shelter residents are Black, and an additional third are Latinx. https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NYCHomelessnessFactSheet_7-2017_citations.pdf https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/2...