White Oppression ?

Question

Why is it that if a white person starts a fight with a minority its a hate crime but when a minority starts a fight with a white person no one says anything about a hate crime.maybe its just me but I have never heard of any minority getting accused of a hate crime.is that bullsh*t or what?

Answer 1

That law needs to be more detailed. It is so general, the way it is now, that a well paid lawyer can manipulate it for or against his client. Usually only one side has a good lawyer, so there's your winner.

If you don't have 10 G's layin around you'll get about 3 times as much time as you should if you're the defendant. If your broke just lay low.

By the way STARTING a fight with anybody for meanness should bring consequences. EVERY citizen is entitled to walk down any public sidewalk in a non-threatening way, without fear. If anybody alters that basic freedom, they should be punished publicly. I suggest public canings, & stockades.

I must add that reverse racism does exist. I have experienced it first hand. I lived in predominately black neighborhoods for 3 years. A white person can not just mesh seemlessly with a black community. You don't get friendly smiles & if you make eye contact you'd better not show any cowardess. Once you get to know your neighbors & they know your just living, not harming anybody, then your ok. I can see how a black family might feel in a white majority neighborhood though. It will be a very long time , unfortunately, before whites & blacks will live COMFORTABLY together in the south where I live.

Answer 2

Asked and answered a 1000 times, once again it is not right no matter who does it. I have to say you are wrong in saying that black people get away with white hate crimes, not that I have heard of. Just give all the prejudice a rest okay, why keep dwelling on the negative? lets all bring in the new year with new attitudes and kinder hearts.

Answer 3

I would say because most hate crimes are perpetrated by whites against minorities, but crimes against whites by minorities are probably more random and crimes of opportunity than it is a minority actually seeking out a white person.

Defined in the 1999 National Crime Victim Survey, "A hate crime is a criminal offense committed against a person or property motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias against a racial group, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, or disability. The offense is considered a hate crime whether or not the offender's perception of the victim as a member or supporter of a protected group is correct."[22]

In the United States federal prosecution is possible for hate crimes committed on the basis of a person's race, color, religion, or nation origin when engaging in a federally protected activity. Measures to add perceived gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability to the list have been proposed, but failed.

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have statutes criminalizing various types of hate crimes. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have statutes creating a civil cause of action in addition to the criminal penalty for similar acts. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have statutes requiring the state to collect hate crime statistics[23]

According to the FBI Hate Crime Statistics report for 2006, hate crimes increased nearly 8 percent nationwide, with a total of 7,722 incidents and 9,080 offenses reported by participating law enforcement agencies. Of the 5,449 crimes against persons, 46 percent were classified as intimidation and 31.9 percent as simple assaults. 81 percent of the 3,593 crimes against property were acts of vandalism or destruction. 58.6 percent of the 7,330 known offenders were white and 20.6 black. More than half, 52 percent, of the 9,652 victims identified were targeted because of racial group.[24]

Answer 4

Well I'll be honest: most of those crimes are hate-driven; and some, like you stated, were, sadly, accused incorrectly. Some might have actually been innocent.
And I have heard of hate crimes towards whites from minorities.

Answer 5

you know in a way you are right im african american and like to think of myself pro black..but wrong is wrong and right is right, I believe to honestly get over this whole racism thing african americans need to let go of all the hurt and anguish..the US government refuses to give a apology for what has happend to us in the past their conclusion is that it happend while it was legal so theres no need to apologize..but that dosnt make it right they have apologized to native americans but hell i dont think ppl really think about it african americans basically made this damn country rich...cotton was one of the first biggest exports in america and what made it such financially well off and we did that...all these monuments we built them their was a special about it we built the white house...capital hill....the pyramids scientist are still trying to figure out exactly how we did it...and yet we get no credit for any of it...they write egyptians off like their light skinned they broke the egyptian queen nefertiti's nose because she looked too african,the real paintings that everyone saw in prince of egypt they all had extremely dark skinned but based off of the media you would never know that...my point is i think it would be alot easier to let go and move on if the government stoped trying to write us off and paint a picture that all we were was slaves that got beat and executed on a regular basis....why isnt there teachings in schools about black scientist and engeniers they are making it seem like there was never any and maybe if they showed that we wouldnt have such a high drop out rate..we are sick and tierd of hearing about all the european creators and eadger allen poe and queen elezebeth..there needs to be a change becuase obviously european americans are not the only people in the world so why should their history dominate 17 out of 19 chapters in our childrens history books?

Answer 6

Lol, if you were really oppressed, you couldn't take it.

What makes you think that when a minority fights a white it is because of racism? Has it occured to you that we don't commit hate crime as often as you?

Answer 7

I'm just going to repeat my answer since this question is virtually the same as the one before:

Its all about POWER, the imbalance of power. The power differential amongst groups in a society is innately connected to the very concept of racism,( or homophobia or sexism).

Change history, give power to blacks (or women or gays) or any other colonized people of color you wish; and take it away from whites; then give them the guns first and the thirst for more land; have them colonize the whole world...

And then you can scream bloody murder :), but somehow I doubt the supposed ADVANTAGES of victim-hood would be alluring enough for any white (or straight or male) person to choose that option :)

Edit: I agree with Ladie here, here!
Of course if a black person actually believes in the concept of the white race as morally, physically, or mentally INFERIOR, it would be racist, but I don't see much of that going on really.

I think a lot of bad treatment gets mislabeled as racist when its really just prejudice (both are wrong though), and there is a difference. For example, if you make an assumption that someone most likely is from a certain background because of their race because of plain ole statistics(that is prejudice), its different from thinking that no matter what a person does in his life or what kind of background he/she may have, they MUST be inferior in this certain way because their race won't allow anything else (that is racism).

Answer 8

Yep, sounds like BS to me!

Answer 9

You already have your own answer in the back of your mind, so why do you ask?

And why is it if a black person is successfully, it is blamed on Affirmative Action? And why are 300 lbs. men allowed to walk around topless, while super models must keep their tops on? We can do this all night, if you wish.

Double Standards ride on two-way streets, my friend. We've already established this. Listen to what "Russell L" posted, if you want a more logical explanation.

Answer 10

I agree.

I always hear these hispanic//african american groups constantly victimizing themselves and making every issue a racial matter.

And because they enjoy the attention of being "victims" of the majority when they truly aren't and are really too dumb to accept the fact that they maybe wrong so they make it a race issue to have people take their sides.