Charles M. Blow this morning explores the media double standard
in reporting on crime committed by whites and blacks. Last Sunday’s gunfight in Waco, TX was between “bikers” or “outlaw motorcycle gangs.” Those terms, Blow writes, evoke the American romance of the Old West and the open road
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I think everything is simpler. Nobody cares if these biker gangs slaughter each other in huge numbers.
Let’s be honest, is there anybody here who felt emotionally involved with the biker massacre story? Do you know anybody who did? I can’t imagine anybody not belonging to these gangs caring.
What does bother me is that the very crucial discussion of horrible living conditions in West Baltimore is being drowned in a sea of triviality. These facile and empty comparisons with their triumphalist tone serve no purpose. Everybody hates these bikers and wishes they just disappeared. End of story.
In the meanwhile, the problems of East St Louis and West Baltimore remain unchanged.
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If they’re really outlaws, that’s supposed to mean outside the law’s protection, right?
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You’re right, of course, but who expects them to understand the meaning of the words they use?
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Actually the police take no chances with these bikers.
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