--- "JIM GRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter's heat is remarkable, and he seems to think only crime against white people make the "News". I believe the most covered incidences were against Black Children. Poor whites and American Indians who are murdered also do not get much coverage in the poor neighborhoods of the inner-city.
Peter Responds: No arguments here. Black children who are crime victims do, indeed, get covered in the news. But why not African American adults who are also crime victims? Is it because we automatically doubt their innocence? Also, in the Star Tribune I notice a lot more pictures of adult crime victims who are white than adult crime victims of color. And when it comes to perpetrators I see more pictures of blacks than whites. (And to deflect "straw man" accusations from David Brauer, I'll start keeping count.) Jim, if you've been paying attention to my remarks regarding crime containment (I most recently mentioned it in my previous posting today), then my "heat" would not seem so "remarkable" to you. Despite living in CARAG, I feel like Councilmember Don Samuels (read the <City Pages> interview with him from their previous week's issue). I cannot claim in good conscience that Minneapolis is fine and dandy when its poorest neighborhoods are besieged by crime and poverty. And the problem of crime will not go away until citizens of Minneapolis address its root causes like our war on drugs and the growing income gap between the rich and the poor. While punishment and confinement may have limited value, you have to conclude that it hasn't been too terribly effective when you look at the big picture. As E.M. Forster implores in <Howards End>, "Connect . . . only connect."-----Peter Schmitz CARAG TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
