I mean, most gang activity comes from young black men, but that does not mean it’s racist to talk about it. I think talking about whether to include or exclude “gang violence” from a conversation about mass shootings is appropriate and not offensive in the slightest.
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phoenixarise@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago“Gang violence” = racist dog whistle. The assassin couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to fire. 😂
Cruel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
a dog whistle has nothing to do with the facts but a shared agreement between people in the know as to its hidden meaning.
Cruel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I understand that. I’m saying that there is no hidden meaning. Gang violence is understood on its face by everyone.
WraithGear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
unless you use it as a overgeneral brush, and fill it with only minorities, and use it as a short hand for black people like it’s used in this context. are you a native english speaker?
dog whistles specifically use words with a cover meaning and the group agrees to internally change its meaning.
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s why you just had to go out of your way to point out that gang activity comes from people of color. Thank you for your contribution, goodbye. 🙂
Cruel@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
“That’s racist.”
“It may involve a race, but it’s not racist.”
“That’s why you said it involved that race!”
Bizarre logic.
Offensive was the wrong word. I meant that it’s not racist. It’s unhealthy that one would be offended by acknowledging the existence of gang violence.
Treetrimmer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I mean ideally it would’ve been at his time of birth
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Okay, second-best time. 😂