As I said, the exact term used in the report was ghetto, a word which I don't like using because of historical reasons. But as bad as it sounds, especially today, it was an effective pattern to use against a specific class of people buying drugs. Effective means it worked. Pattern means it worked again and again. Specific class of people means it was not general. Buying drugs means people performing a specific action.
And yes, those two white boys in an expensive looking car should be pulled over as they probably don't belong in such an upscale neighborhood as Harlem. You know, the Harlem where Clinton has his office. The Harlem where you can pay a million plus for a house. The Harlem that does not fit the stereotype your assuming. I think that your thinking Harlem as it was 20+ years ago. If so, apply the same logic to the profiling example I gave. It was from another time and no matter how bad it looks today, it applied then. Just as Harlem in you example may apply...then. . > I get it-- two white boys in an expensive looking car deserved to be > pulled over if they're driving in Harlem, or whatever. > > Same deal for a couple of black boys driving an inexpensive looking > car in Vale, or whatever. > > You /seriously/ don't get how bad of an example (yet logical sounding, > on it's face) that is? > > One of my favorite movies has a quote, and while the movie itself it > totally un-related to this discussion (Ballroom Dancing), the quote, I > think, is quite on point: > > "Don't live your life in fear" > > And if you must, /please/ don't try to make me live in fear too. > I don't live in fear. I live my life to live life but I'm not going to blind myself to dangers around me. That's not fear, that's common sense. Life is too short. Especially if you close your eyes to things in it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
