Interesting new phenomena. Apparently the social networking site www.ourspace.com (The leading social networking site for African Americans) is being
used to organize these small riots. Two weekends in a row too! I wonder if this will catch on in other parts of the country.
These rampaging "teens" are linked to the local Jr. High School and an online social networking site? Last time I checked the poverty stricken were
NOT hanging out on social networking sites, so I guess the old standby excuse of poverty and oppression won't play out so well this time around.
Imagine the inverse; groups of white teenagers organizing online to trash stores, carjack, and attack lone black couples based on their race. Would
that story be buried by the MSN too? Not likely! It would probably make the national news and there could easily be hate crime charges pressed. We
could expect the victims and the NAACP to be granting interviews, making statements, and turning this into a huge national media event.
The news video is better than the article.
abclocal.go.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 2-6-2009 by Sonya610]




