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Milwaukee Riots

LTC8K6 said:
We have had widespread rioting moments after incidents, where most of the rioters can't possibly know anything about the actual incident.

I think it's pretty clear that we have quite a bit of rioting just to riot.
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Like these worthless criminals just looking for an excuse to riot.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/19/us/new-hampshire-pumpkin-festival-riot/

And the town had armored vehicles precisely for this reason and was to lax to actually use them. They gave into these criminals and stopped having the festival that they used to justify the armored vehicle.
 
332nd said:
It snapped because of a long time of complaining about the police department & nothing being done. Still wrong but it's not like this one incident was the sole reason for the riot.

Also, how many black communities have you been too? I mean I live in a black community, grew up in one, most of my extended family lives in one now, never had anything like what's happening in Sherman Park now. How many have you visited?
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I've lived most of my life in black communities and was born and raised in the ghetto in Milwaukee. They're usually crappy neighborhoods. Living in Racine, I assume you've been to Milwaukee. How much time have you spent on 2nd and Keefe? What about 25th and Center? Where are the nice parts of Milwaukee that are mostly black? I'm unaware of any. Same goes for most other neighborhoods that are mostly black. I really don't think anyone can dispute this, which leaves us to argue (or agree) about the causes.
 
dudalb said:
You have to take context into consideration. I think it is clear the OP used "dindu" as a racial slur.
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It's being used as a racial slur, because it is a racial slur, and nothing more. The usage is correct, in context.

It's short for "dindu nuffin". In short, white supremacists insist, regardless evidence, that any black person harmed by a cop or vigilante must be guilty of something.

looking into things, there's the mangled version of AAVE . "Dindu Nuffin" as a mutation of "didn't do nothing" or "didn't do anything". As in, "I didn't do anything", which seems like a reasonable protestation when being arrested or attacked by police without cause.

Also note the hideous, ignorant version of AAVE.

More importantly, there's the assumption that any random black person must be guilty of some serious crime, and therefore must be a "worthy" victim of violence. If "I dindu nuffin" is false, then the person must have done something. And thus, they must have earned being beaten or shot - not due to racism, but rather because black people are somehow incapable of living among the civilized folks. They must fail - not because of any pressure, butbecause they're "dindus".

...I should think this one out a bit more. It's a slur as obvious as "coon" or the dreaded "n-word", but it's a bit new.
 
332nd said:
Lets see, you're talking about a small area on the north side, that has been having serious problems for years. Yet, Shakespeare in the park is going on near where the riots happened, in a park that's in yet another black neighborhood & the only problem we've had is a few cigarette butts left on the stage.

My wife & I live in a mostly black neighborhood in Racine (a little ways south of Milwaukee) has been out walking at all times of night sometimes with a white female friend, & the only problems they've had is a cou0le of guys teying to pick them up & a cop who assumed they must be there to buy drungs & wouldn't leave them alone until my wife walked back to our apartment & opened our door with her key. Not much has happened for Dave & Tony either. (Older white guys in wheel chairs.)other than a cop with the durh thing again & a local alcoholic who keeps thinking Dave's van is his (despite the vans being totally different.)

What those idiots in Sherman Park are doing is moronic & I hope they get caught & go to jail but once again you're trying to blame the entire Black race for the actions of a few & you're failing.
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I actually find this interesting..

I apologize for anythingI ask that is BS, but...can you go a bit deeper into this? I mean, local factions, and the like?
 
LTC8K6 said:
A slur is an opinion?

"dindu nuffin" is a common racial slur. It's nothing else.
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I don't see how it could be a slur without being an opinion as well. Like an adjective is an opinion. On the other hand, a neutral noun wouldn't count as an opinion.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that it isn't necessarily a racial slur so much as a "cop talk slur," like "mook" or "mope" or one of those which distinguishes citizens from criminals - irrespective of race.
 
marplots said:
I don't see how it could be a slur without being an opinion as well. Like an adjective is an opinion. On the other hand, a neutral noun wouldn't count as an opinion.

Of course, that's just my opinion.
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I'd disagree that an adjective is an opinion. People of your ilk probably think that adverbs are opinions as well. Neither is an opinion until they are prepended to a noun or a verb respectively.
 
marplots said:
I don't see how it could be a slur without being an opinion as well. Like an adjective is an opinion. On the other hand, a neutral noun wouldn't count as an opinion.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that it isn't necessarily a racial slur so much as a "cop talk slur," like "mook" or "mope" or one of those which distinguishes citizens from criminals - irrespective of race.
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It does not really matter, racism is not against the Terms.

Therefore, as far as the rules are concerned, he dindu nuffin wrong.
 
marplots said:
I don't see how it could be a slur without being an opinion as well. Like an adjective is an opinion. On the other hand, a neutral noun wouldn't count as an opinion.

Of course, that's just my opinion.

I'm willing to entertain the idea that it isn't necessarily a racial slur so much as a "cop talk slur," like "mook" or "mope" or one of those which distinguishes citizens from criminals - irrespective of race.
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Is there any particular reason why a "cop talks slur" can't be racial as well?
 
marplots said:
No, I suppose not. Language is pretty flexible like that.

We could ask the OP for clarification.
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I'm sorry, but I don't see a clear slur like " dindu" as ambiguous. And I see no need to ask a self-described racist like the OP about it.
 
sir drinks-a-lot said:
I've lived most of my life in black communities and was born and raised in the ghetto in Milwaukee. They're usually crappy neighborhoods. Living in Racine, I assume you've been to Milwaukee. How much time have you spent on 2nd and Keefe? What about 25th and Center? Where are the nice parts of Milwaukee that are mostly black? I'm unaware of any. Same goes for most other neighborhoods that are mostly black. I really don't think anyone can dispute this, which leaves us to argue (or agree) about the causes.
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I work with kids from around Arlington Heights so I've been there quite a bit. Never been around 25th & Center. I dont know of any either since my projects send me into the worse ones.

Neighborhoods in other places? Off the top of my head, Knowles rd area in Reidsville, Kettering in Maryland, Hill Crest in New York, Olympia Fields in Illinois, Baldwin Hills in California, etc... etc...

So, I dispute it.
 
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