Quote Originally Posted by jerrytimes View Post
Usually when I see black people looting, they aren't taking diapers, bread, water, so called necessities. It's TV's, DVD players, video games. Sure, white people loot too, but it doesn't seem to happen quite as much. I actually don't really think that it even has anything to do with race, but just poverty and respect. Some areas, people can live in poverty, but still respect the owner of the local party store/gas station or whatever. Other areas, not so much.
Why do people try so hard not to acknowledge what has already been observed by multiple sources? http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feat...rsy/index.html
At the end of the day, different people displaying the same behavior were portrayed in totally different lights by the news coverage.
Detroitnerd doesn't necessarily address issues in a politically correct or sensative manner, but I'm not seeing a lack of validity in his statements.