hunk wrote:Isn't the police always and forever trying to map out gangs? There's the Italian maffia, the russian mobsters, the jamaicans, the triads, the yakuza, eastern european gypsies etc... And now there's a pakistan 'loverboy' gang (loverboy is the dutch term for guys pimping out young vulnerable underage (white) girls for prostitution) and suddenly the police hesitates to identify a gang on racial basis? Seriously? That's really fucking stupid...
I wrote:...Crime is an interesting way of exploring racial predilections... But it's also a deadend, because crime, almost by definition, is an exception, and not a norm. There's much more to be said here, but probably by someone who's studied the subject. My own theory however (you know me...), is that where you might find a racial predilection for a particular crime, you will also very likely find a cultural root. Not a racial one. But it's a good starting point, because you know... They all need to be rounded up...
Yossarian wrote:I haven't read into this particular case, but the groups above (aside from gypsies) aren't being identified on a racial basis but rather by the country that they hail from.
hunk wrote:suddenly the police hesitates to identify a gang on racial basis?
Yossarian wrote:So yes, this briefly came up in the US politics thread, but it's not really US politics, so I thought I'd move it here. We've just passed the 40 year anniversary of the Battle of Lewisham, probably the largest counter racism demonstrations since the Battle of Cable street.
The Graun has written an article and put together a gallery looking back at the day.
As some of you are aware, I was raised and still live in Lewisham, so I've been aware of this for years, but I thought it deserved a mention.
hunk wrote:An open door perhaps but how do people feel about prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle? It would mean the Royal family actually having a bi-racial black princess, one drop rule and all that jazz.
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