Running racism in America thread

Racism? Or an incel? Or both?

8 dead in series of Atlanta-area massage parlors shootings, suspect arrested

 

I kind of hate myself that the first thing I wondered is how he made it from Cherokee County to Abernathy Road in 45 minutes, even going against traffic that time of day.

 

I’m guessing a guy who killed eight wasn’t following traffic regulations.

 

Acho really stuck that ball carrier well short of the first down marker.

 

I'm Jewish too. We had an antisemitic family in our neighborhood that vandalized our house on more than one occasion with the police refusing to do a thing about it. I heard the same insults in college in the late '80s and early '90s that you did when I was in situations where people knew what I was and I was the only around. It sucks. Anti-semitism is a bigger problem than people realize -- they think because Jews have done well socioeconomically that it's not a thing. That said, I would never even think of conflating the digs I've experienced with the lived reality of a black person in this country. Your construction worker meme is the height of disingenuous, obtuse bullshit (I say that as someone who generally respects and agrees with a lot of what you have to say). That's because that guy meeting the deadline was likely hired over a number of black workers who didn't get a second look from the racist contractor. Or he's probably union and the others aren't. Or he's the foreman. That's the reality. White privilege doesn't mean you had it easy or didn't work hard. It means your race wasn't a strike against you or a cause of skepticism from the get-go. It means there was an extra, significant barrier you didn't have to clear. And that's true if you're Jewish too. It's just. Not. The. Same. And all too many Jews think blacks should love them and be grateful to them and kiss their asses because their now-elderly rabbi or great-uncle or whoever "marched with King." My dad actually did. But I also hear a hell of a lot of racist comments among Jews.

 

My guess is its more of a sex thing than anything. He obviously knew where the massage parlors were. I'm sure he passed a few Chinese restaurants en route.

 

I’m concerned we might cancel the culture of killing groups of minorities for pleasure.

 

Called it.

 

I have not seen his demeanor when the suspect said these things but I'm not inclined to just immediately dismiss any racial element just because the murderer of 6 people stated his position. I'm not going to immediately brand it Anti-Asian terror either.

 

Is yellow fever part of his “sexual addiction”?

 

If he’s a sex addict, why would he kill people who possibly might satisfy those urges? Makes no sense.