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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

She’s White!

Posted by on August 15 at 15:40 PM

The woman who killed Officer Joselito “Lito” Barber, Mary Jane Rivas, is white. Black Americans in King County can breath a sigh of relief. And, yes, it does make a big difference. The story is now only about the crime itself, and not about race and crime, or the Central District, race, and crime. It could be about class and crime, but most whites have no idea that a class system exists in their own country, so it will just have to be about the crime, about the failure of the justice system, about liberal politicians being soft on criminals, and so on and so forth.


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Maybe it should be about cops spending too much time beating up bicyclists and low-level drug dealers, meanwhile letting $60,000 SUVs speed with impunity.

I gotta say I'm suprised. Escalade, cocaine, 4am, seemed to all add up to black. If she had been in a pick-up and was found with crystal I would have assumed she was lily white. Oh and I think that you are right Doug. I am sure there would be no other crime if those pigs just left those poor defenseless bikers alone to block traffic in peace.

Seattle is very racist. White European Males can do whatever they want in this town. If a black woman were president there'd be no war or global warming.

What story? Don't a lot of people die in car accidents?

The story is about shitty drivers, of any race, who barrel down a residential street at 80 mph.

I don't care what you say, Charles, people know about the class system in this country, even if it's in rudimentary terms such as, "Fucking rich guys get away with murder," so this story is totally gonna be about class and crime.

As bad as we are talking about race, it is *lightyears* beyond our ability to talk about class.

It was a Yukon, not an Escalade. No black person in history ever drove a GMC Yukon.

There's something about that light, though. I've come close to getting creamed at 23rd and Yesler myself. There was another T-bone collision at the intersection yesterday right while the family was gathered at the scene of Officer Barber's death.

"but most whites have no idea that a class system exists in their own country"
and a lot of black people have no idea that 99% of the time they whine about "white priveledge" they don't know what the fuck they are saying and we (white people) are too afraid of being called racist to point out that they're full of shit.

Also Charles, take a look at what % of residents in that neighborhood are white women. Then look at crime stats (which of course you will say are erroneous) for how many cases of homicide, vehicular or otherwise, were carried out by white women. You will then have the answer you're not lookin for in your face. You have very self serving blind spots.

It's racist to say that blacks commit more crimes in the CD than whites. That's like saying New Orleans migrants have increased the crime rates in the cities they moved to. Racist media wants to blame these crime rate increases on blacks. It's really White European Males that commit all the crimes but they never get arrested.

if there's another terrorist attack like OK city, will it then be ok for me, a middle eaterner, to happily exclaim "he's white!"? i don't think so. so maybe you shouldn't do it here either. you're trivializing the death of officer barber.

Mr. Mudede knows a lot about racism & bigotry. He's from Zimbabwe, which is run by one of the world's most virulent racists, Robert Mugabe.

SAM, it would be better for you, a middle easterner, if the terrorist was white. get real. you are in america.

Racist Watch,

Are you Religion Sucks?

In general, people don't distinguish between classes, and treat the rich class well (eg, by supporting estate tax reductions, condoning political influence for rich people, etc) because they dream that someday they, too, will be among the rich.

But I'm not sure why class would even be an issue. Is this lady rich or something? I never heard anything about that. She sounded like a coked-out whore, judging from her arrest warrants.

Who is the owner of the GMC Yukon? It seems like there is some responsibility on the part of the vehicle owner if the owner gave permission for Rivas to drive it.

God, the racist crap is getting old. Blacks, Mexicans, Indians are ten times the racists whites are, and literally get away with murder. So much for the double standard which favors the minority, not whites. Time to grow up and stop blaming whites for your bad luck, shortcomings and failures.

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