Rosa Parks

[Guiny]

Originally posted by The Walrus:
  CURIOUSLY, None of the Rosa Parks death accounts I've seen so far have mentioned the fact that this beacon of black pride was brutally beaten by a young African-American during an invasion robbery of her home a few years back ... sounds like a newsworthy, as well as meaningful, event to me.

Was it a hate crime?

[duderino]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
   

Originally posted by The Walrus:
  CURIOUSLY, None of the Rosa Parks death accounts I've seen so far have mentioned the fact that this beacon of black pride was brutally beaten by a young African-American during an invasion robbery of her home a few years back ... sounds like a newsworthy, as well as meaningful, event to me.

Was it a hate crime? [/b]

obviously not, because racism no longer exists and blacks are pouting over nothing when they say it does.

[Frank Gallagher]

Just wondering....if no whiteys are involved, is it still considered a hate crime, because evidently only the white population are racists so I'm still trying to figure this one out!
 
 "quote"The situation was more complicated than just issues between Asian and black populations, he said."unquote"
 
 Full story from the bbc website.
 
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4374330.stm
 
 Here you go....I knew they'd find a way to blame old whitey for it.
 
 "quote""It is deeper than that. Both communities mostly live on the outskirts of the city centre; a city centre which has had much money poured into it.
 
 "The communities have issues of alienation and deprivation and that they are not part of the mainstream process.""unquote"

[TheWaz]

not to undercut anything rosa parks worked for, but unfortunately north carolina remains the most racially charged state i have lived in.  i guess the issues just dont persist up north like they do down here.

The next MLK?
 
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[palahniukkubrick]

Originally posted by Ellis D. Fleischbach:
  The next MLK?
 
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bobby mcferrin?
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