Whiteboy Ricks buried Millions ?

[exmotowner]

Why is this guy callled "whiteboy Ricks"? If he was black and you called him blackboy ricks, there would be a huge uproar. I guess its that damn double standard again. Or is his first name Whiteboy? What makes it so important that everyone know hes a "white boy"? Just sayin.......

[bdglsmn]

Why is this guy callled "whiteboy Ricks"? If he was black and you called him blackboy ricks, there would be a huge uproar. I guess its that damn double standard again. Or is his first name Whiteboy? What makes it so important that everyone know hes a "white boy"? Just sayin.......

Either you're not serious or you're not from around here...

[pgn421]

White boy Rick Wershe, lived on Park Drive, Harper and Conner area

[exmotowner]

Either you're not serious or you're not from around here...

I am from there, but havent lived there in 25 years. No I dont know who this Ricks guy is. I was just sayin though.....

[dove-7]

I am from there, but havent lived there in 25 years. No I dont know who this Ricks guy is. I was just sayin though.....

Your "just sayin" sounds more like a rant than a real issue. But since you asked, I'll explain why he was named something that he accepted.

White Boy Rick was a young white kid that was in the drug game in Detroit during the 80's. If I do recall both him and his father were both busted in a big drug bust that included several blacks. He was called White Boy Rick because as most of us know, Detroit is a black majority city and at that time it was unheard of white kids selling and dealing dope in the inner city that was for the majority, known or labeled as a black thing. To a degree that's understandable seeing that most of the drug dealers in the city were/are black. Well, the ones that get caught.

Dealers getting nick names like this is nothing new. He's not the only guy with a name that seem racist or offensive to you. They do the same thing here on the west coast. Hispanics that are in the black gangs have a stereotype name and the same applies to blacks that are in the Hispanic games. Anyways, crying over what the guy's nick name is melodramatic. Cry over all of the drugs that he was selling to addicts like most dealers do.

Btw, he was one of the biggest to get caught in the game.

[Fury13]

Great explanation, Dove-7. I believe he came up for parole a couple of years ago. Denied, of course.

[dove-7]

Great explanation, Dove-7. I believe he came up for parole a couple of years ago. Denied, of course.

Yes, I just read up on that. I hadn't heard about him since that bust. I remember when that happened, but ironically I brought his name up last year in another forum to make a point about stereotypes, myths and misconceptions.

Btw, those name have been going on since the 70's and perhaps longer.

[exmotowner]

Thanks for the explination Dove-7. Now I do understand.

[DaveyM]

Your "just sayin" sounds more like a rant than a real issue. But since you asked, I'll explain why he was named something that he accepted.

White Boy Rick was a young white kid that was in the drug game in Detroit during the 80's. If I do recall both him and his father were both busted in a big drug bust that included several blacks. He was called White Boy Rick because as most of us know, Detroit is a black majority city and at that time it was unheard of white kids selling and dealing dope in the inner city that was for the majority, known or labeled as a black thing. To a degree that's understandable seeing that most of the drug dealers in the city were/are black. Well, the ones that get caught.

Dealers getting nick names like this is nothing new. He's not the only guy with a name that seem racist or offensive to you. They do the same thing here on the west coast. Hispanics that are in the black gangs have a stereotype name and the same applies to blacks that are in the Hispanic games. Anyways, crying over what the guy's nick name is melodramatic. Cry over all of the drugs that he was selling to addicts like most dealers do.

Btw, he was one of the biggest to get caught in the game.

Rick's dad was never busted for drugs. He was convicted for "possesing" gun silencers. They went after his dad to keep his mouth shut. They had alot of info on corrupt cops and politicians that those in power did not want to be outed.
Rick wasn't one of the biggest. He was just a kid who got involved in the drug trade because of the Feds.