Why I Made Sure I Called The Accused Villains "Black"

It was my way of tweaking all the politically-correct media outlets who are very eager to announce the race of white evil-doers, but go out of their way to avoid identifying anybody's race when (1) the evil-doer is not white and/or (2) the victim(s) are white.

(This is why I have added a link on the Front Page of The View to the Wichita Eagle's coverage of Jonathan & Reginald Carr on Trial — the trial of two black men accused of robbing, kidnapping, sexually abusing, and killing white men and women in December 2000: this is a horrible crime that is horribly "politically incorrect", and mainstream media is doing its best to ignore it all. Why do I say that? Because I think if it were the trial of two white men accused of robbing, kidnapping, sexually abusing, and killing black men and women, we would hear no end of it. Do Dan and Tom and Peter even mention the Carr brothers' trial? Or the crimes they are accused of? I don't know the answer to those questions, because I don't watch any of them anymore.)

Moreover, it was definitely my impression that most "experts" and "profilers" took it for granted that the sniper was a White Guy and a "Loser". Maybe my impression is mistaken: I can't watch/listen to/read everything. But that is my impression.

What's more, I think it is just as significant that "experts", "profilers" and mainstream media downplayed the possibility of this being a terroristic act. I originally thought of referring to them as "Two Black Terrorists", but I thought that was going a bit further than current knowledge warrants.

I really couldn't care less what race the villains belong to, in any particular case. What I care about is how mainstream media crafts and filters the news to emphasize white-on-black crime and to downplay or ignore crimes committed by minorities. I am sorry if I gave anybody a different impression.

On the other hand, I care very much what religion the villains belong to — if and only if they are Muslims who think that violence against innocent, unsuspecting civilians is a tactic to be employed to further their ends, whatever those ends might be. (All the media today are awash with reports that Muhammed is a Muslim convert who thought the Massacre of September 11 was a neato thing.) If the villain is some other kind of Muslim, I don't care about that, either.

Re: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY SNIPERS: Is Race Really An Issue???

P.S. Any web search for "Jamaat al-Fuqra" will turn up stories at respectable news sites saying that Pakistani officials thought some of those involved with the Daniel Pearl incident were also involved with Jamaat al-Fuqra. As I mentioned in the update to the previous blog, I was mistaken to refer to it as a Black Muslim organization, a mistake I did not fully rectify. From what I can tell, however, it would be correct to say that it's a Muslim group active in black communities in this country. Or, to be more exact, that is reported as such.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 10/24/02 01:25:33 PM
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