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 10 months ago“Gang violence” = racist dog whistle. The assassin couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to fire. 😂
Cruel@programming.dev 10 months ago
WraithGear@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
I mean ideally it would’ve been at his time of birth
phoenixarise@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Okay, second-best time. 😂