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ismnotwasm

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8. A little bit off topic
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 03:28 PM
Aug 2016

But my SIL works in prison corrections--he's now an investigator as well as on a couple of special teams--like SWAT--Guess which gang is the MOST problematic? Yup. White supremacists.

Now, If I was to guess, from my white perspective and given the geographical area and racial makeup, I would have thought Latino gangs.

Nope all over that.

Now do "we" (we as in white people) hear about "White gangs", nearly as often as other types? Nope. When "we" hear "gang-related shootings"--practically a code for AA gangs-- are we thinking white gangs? Hell no we aren't. Does the media even refer such shootings as"gang-related"? I wonder.

Language carries our cultural freight, always.

Anyway--Handy graphic, thank you

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