U’ Students Want Crime Alerts To Avoid Using Racial Descriptions

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Nature Boy doesn't count, he's the honorary black guy when no black people are around.

It's the same like saying the white race is dying out. You'll hear it used in the same context. It should be the human race, but people love to separate us, since we're not on the same level as white people(so they think).

It comes up because it's the nature of racism. Just like this article. The reason why black people don't want to use racial descriptions is because being black is reason enough to get pulled over, searched, or arrested. When the perp is white(white male) there's a distinct difference. They'll break the schematics down to find out who he is. When it's a black male, it's just that. There was an article a few weeks ago about a town that put in the paper looking for a black male acting suspiciously. That's it, no clothes, no description, just a black man. I believe they corrected it once folks started complaining.

I've been told straight to my face, I look more threatening because of my skin color, even though I'm not in any shape or form a violent person.

Don't you think it's reasonable to give the race of a suspect, if you are asking for people to help in identifying or on the look out for

As for just saying a Black male..If that's all you got>> I mean they all look alike anyway right

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Don't you think it's reasonable to give the race of a suspect, if you are asking for people to help in identifying or on the look out for

As for just saying a Black male..If that's all you got>> I mean they all look alike anyway right

Of course it is. But to say that being black doesn't have a certain connotation that goes along with it is just naive.

Yep, I've been told I look just like Denzel when the light hits me a certain way.

MArv, if a certain variety of dogs were in population decline, would we avoid naming that variety or just say "dogs are in decline" even though it was not true for all dogs?

Evolution has blessed us with a diversity of mankind, the groups are remarkably similar but also in other ways remarkably different.

You make this huge assumption that because whites often prevailed everywhere they went that the locals did not have "racist" opinions of their own concerning whites.

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Would you also object to a news report which said "a man" robbed the bank, if that was all the info available due to the mask?

I think you and Gary are the same person.

[lostinblue 1,989]

"The repeated black, black, black suspect,”... So people are mistaken when reporting a crime. I guess a white Hispanic got overlooked. If repeatedly the suspects in the area are indeed black it should be reported as such.How does one assist in providing ones safety if all the facts are known and understood. Your looking for a racial pass on criminals of all races... Some one is assaulted near the campus please don't hurt the suspects feelings. How much of a liability would the university be in if all the facts were not released and another deadly crime occurred and this information was not presented to the public

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

If a white male is seen running away from a bank robbery, and is reported as such, it's not racism. So I call horse sh!t that doing the same for a black male is racism.

Black is an adjective used to describe the color of something, as are all other colors. I'm considered a white male. I don't find that offensive nor racist. It's just the most appropriate color for me, though technically I am NOT white.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a racial issue. They are black Americans or white Americans, so describe them as such. Now, if you refuse to give them a job or rent to them based on skin color, then we have a problem.

[Danno 1,228]

If a white male is seen running away from a bank robbery, and is reported as such, it's not racism. So I call horse sh!t that doing the same for a black male is racism.

Black is an adjective used to describe the color of something, as are all other colors. I'm considered a white male. I don't find that offensive nor racist. It's just the most appropriate color for me, though technically I am NOT white.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a racial issue. They are black Americans or white Americans, so describe them as such. Now, if you refuse to give them a job or rent to them based on skin color, then we have a problem.

One of the late-day phenomena is the on going effort to change the name of anything... once the latest name gets a bad rep.

For instance we used to call people crippled or "a" cripple, at other times the term "lame" was used, then handicap and now a whole explosion of terms as we are getting away from the term handi caped why? because handicapped means the very thing people do not want to be associated with.

The term NEGRO used to be preferred, so much so that many "Negros" named their organizations and clubs with that term, then it went to Black and then a few hyphens and now thanks to danno's common sense leadership, we are back to "Black" where I decided it should stay.... for now. (Short and sweet).

However...I'll use any term any group wants provided that.... it is short and rolls off the tongue reasonably well.

Mr. Get-a-long

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

If a white male is seen running away from a bank robbery, and is reported as such, it's not racism. So I call horse sh!t that doing the same for a black male is racism.

Black is an adjective used to describe the color of something, as are all other colors. I'm considered a white male. I don't find that offensive nor racist. It's just the most appropriate color for me, though technically I am NOT white.

Sorry, I just don't see it as a racial issue. They are black Americans or white Americans, so describe them as such. Now, if you refuse to give them a job or rent to them based on skin color, then we have a problem.

Maybe we could just say " the suspect is the B word" only allow blacks to say Black. It seems to work for the Ni**er word. I don't use the word or condone it's use for anyone, but I think be so hysterical over a freaking word that we have to say "the N word" is the height of absurdity.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Moronic nonsense. Is it sexist to note the gender of the suspect?

Maybe we should just go with "someone assaulted someone and we are looking for anyone with information about the identity of the suspect. The suspect is a person"

Defending this nonsense more or less negates any other opinions one may have as ridiculous.

Keep in mind this was generated by liberal arts undergrads...basically high school students.

[Karee 4,191]

Pretty soon they wont be able to give a gender in the description either. Gender descriptions are sexist. "A human walked in to Wells Fargo with a gun, and took $10k"

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Ok, so I need you and Marvin and Jinx and Janelle to hook a brutha up, since I am only black from the waist down; I need the opinion of genuine all-black people.

Is black a race?

If so, why?

If not (and I think not), why does it come up so much?

Well, being that the U.S. is all about race and nothing about togetherness, yes, black is a race. I would prefer to be an American but America will not let me be an American. I have to be black or African American.

I am waiting on whites to have to call themselves European Americans, but this does not seem to be happening.

sigh.... I would like to just be part of the "human race."

[GandD 5,966]

Pretty soon they wont be able to give a gender in the description either. Gender descriptions are sexist. "A human walked in to Wells Fargo with a gun, and took $10k"

Why does it have to be a human?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Heaven forbid that citizens and police are given the most detailed description available, they actually might wind up identifying and arresting someone. Better to limit knowledge to the general public so they can be of no assistance to police or know when they might be sitting next to a homicide suspect. Why even issue a BOLO without the most accurate details? You are just making everyone a suspect and putting public safety below political correctness. Why should police withhold information from society just to make one certain group of people happy? If they are tired of hearing their group being identified all the time, maybe they should police their own ranks and work on solutions from inside their group that prevent or reduce these incidents instead drafting petitions and bills attempting to mask the problem. I do not see why public safety has to be jeopardized because one group of people think they are being targeted in BOLOs without probable cause.

Giving out the description, black man is not detailed. For example, a witch hunt was out for all black men, when actually a black man didn't do it. It is easier to blame a black man because they know every black man will be hunted down and killed if possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith

She said a black man took her car and they later found he kids dead in the car. Every black man went on the endangered species list.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Pretty soon they wont be able to give a gender in the description either. Gender descriptions are sexist. "A human walked in to Wells Fargo with a gun, and took $10k"

Then of course this is racist by the same standards right?

http://wane.com/

IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A man convicted in four murders is at large after he escaped from a Michigan prison and abducted a woman who fled his grips when he stopped for gas in Indiana, authorities said Monday.

Michael David Elliot, 40, was discovered missing about 9:30 p.m. Sunday from the Ionia Correctional Facility in mid-Michigan, the state Department of Corrections said.

“It appears that he created a hole at the bottom of the two perimeter fences of the correctional facility and then crawled through those holes,” Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said in an email.

Department Director Dan Heyns said Elliot was dressed in a white kitchen uniform, which might have helped him blend in with snow and evade security at the prison. A review of surveillance footage suggests Elliot may have escaped about 6 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Once outside the prison, Elliot abducted a woman in Ionia using a knife or box cutter and drove her Jeep to a gas station in northern Indiana, roughly 100 miles southwest of Ionia near the Indiana-Michigan state line.

The LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department said she was able to call 911 from a concealed cellphone while he was pumping gas at the store near Middlebury in Elkhart County.

The woman ran to a restroom where she locked herself inside. Elliot knocked on the door, but she stayed inside until police officers arrived. She wasn’t harmed, officials said at the news conference.

An alert on Elliot has been issued to law enforcement nationwide, Heyns said.

“We believe that he is no longer in the state of Michigan, however citizens in the region should remain vigilant,” Heyns said at a news conference at the prison. The woman told police officers he said he wanted to get as far from the prison as possible.

Elliot was serving life behind bars for four slayings in 1993 and has convictions for arson and armed robbery. Nothing in his record suggested he might escape, Heyns said.

“He had no assistance. This was an entirely one-man operation,” the prisons chief said.

Michigan State Police said the vehicle Elliot stole from the woman whom he abducted was a 2004 red 4-door Jeep Liberty with a Michigan license plate 5FTG55.

Officers from the Michigan Department of Corrections, Michigan State Police and other law enforcement agencies are involved in the hunt for Elliot.

Measures have been taken to tighten security at the prison, Heyns said. Marlan said all other prisoners at the Ionia Correctional Facility were accounted for.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Looks white Hispanic to me

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Looks white Hispanic to me

But the key is..Why is it important what he looks like??

[deleted-05292014 331]

The term NEGRO used to be preferred, so much so that many "Negros" named their organizations and clubs with that term, then it went to Black and then a few hyphens and now thanks to danno's common sense leadership, we are back to "Black" where I decided it should stay.... for now. (Short and sweet).

However...I'll use any term any group wants provided that.... it is short and rolls off the tongue reasonably well.

Mr. Get-a-long

Hi Danno!

Allow me to enlighten you and others about a subject you clearly know nothing about. The word Negro derives from the word Negroid which along with Caucasian & Mongoloid were anthropological words to describe people belonging to certain racial groups - coincidentally, by no surprise, these were white anthropologists and I don't recall their names but it's of no importance. While the other two terms denote geographic locations, the word Negro has no geographic reference. This ties directly into the dehumanizing strategy of alienating indigenous people of Africa during the slave trade from their homeland. It was part of the process which was practiced to cut Black people out of any connection to our history, cultures, religions, and who we were. In effect to systematically erase one from the history books and replace an identity with an obscure word like Negro or Negroid.

In the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement Blacks threw out that word as part of a greater cultural awareness and opted for Black, Afro American, and later African American. The reason why many Blacks used the word Negro before the 1960s is bc that is what Whites called us and that was the word accepted in White society. Our rights were very limited and it was not by personal choice to call ourselves Negro or Colored.

On a side note my 102 yr old aunt still calls Black people colored, she from a different time.

But there you have it since it's Black History Month I thought I'd help you out, you're welcome.