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Originally Posted by blueash
Why has the word thug suddenly become so frequently used? And seemingly it only applies to black men? When white kids riot they are not called thugs. Check the news coverage of student riots after football games, or in the story this fall in New Hampshire where cars were overturned and fires set
Officials seek to make Pumpkin Festival safer after all-day riots - NY Daily News
NY Daily news, no mention of thugs.
To see how the media has conditioned us all to view the actions of white people doing exactly the same thing as black ones but with blacks being criminals and whites being not, see if you can spot the difference in these two photos of people carrying soda and groceries through the Katrina flood waters: |
Perfect example. But obviously is of no interest to some people, or is just going over their heads. We have been conditioned by the media to prejudge, and unless you've lived in a cave your whole life, pretty much everyone is affected one way or another, depending on which media you tend to view.