Rodney King dead at 47

Say what you want about the guy as a person, but he's a pretty important figure in American history in that what happened to him helped to shine a light on police brutality and institutionalized racism in this country.
 
[quote name='Purple Flames']Say what you want about the guy as a person, but he's a pretty important figure in American history in that what happened to him helped to shine a light on police brutality and institutionalized racism in this country.[/QUOTE]


And to get back at the "man" the rioters found it necessary to rob and loot a bunch of korean run stores and kill what... 55 people?
 
[quote name='GBAstar']And to get back at the "man" the rioters found it necessary to rob and loot a bunch of korean run stores and kill what... 55 people?[/QUOTE]
All accidents
 
That's the one thing that bothered me the most about the riots; the fuel of the fire was black vs white inequality, but for some reason Koreatown got fucked with badly.
 
Some of you don't really understand the concept of rioting, do you? They don't usually have a lot of focus. It's just a bunch of pissed off people deciding to burn the place down usually.
 
Oh GBAstar, you can always be relied upon for a good "black people do horrible things and that justifies any bad thing that happens/happened to them" reply all while ignoring the substance of the post the prompted it.
 
[quote name='Purple Flames']Oh GBAstar, you can always be relied upon for a good "black people do horrible things and that justifies any bad thing that happens/happened to them" reply all while ignoring the substance of the post the prompted it.[/QUOTE]


Someone had to derail the thread.. it's been up for 48 hours!

In all seriousness from the tidbits of reality clips I had seen of Rodney King it doesn't appear he ever took himself too seriously. I actually thought he was one of the least douchey people on the particular celeb rehab show he was a part of.

Edit: The real tragedy is we'll never see him and Jose Canseco box it out.
 
[quote name='ced']That's the one thing that bothered me the most about the riots; the fuel of the fire was black vs white inequality, but for some reason Koreatown got fucked with badly.[/QUOTE]
Koreans opened up stores that pretty much preyed on the black community by extracting what little wealth there was left. I'm not blaming Koreans because they were just following the footsteps of others that did the same thing, not that it makes it right. Should the communities been more united against racism? Of course. But just because they should, doesn't mean they are. Assuming that all people of color should be united just because they're people of color is simply dumb when the various ethnicities have been pit against each other for over 100 years.
 
[quote name='dohdough']Koreans opened up stores that pretty much preyed on the black community by extracting what little wealth there was left. I'm not blaming Koreans because they were just following the footsteps of others that did the same thing, not that it makes it right. Should the communities been more united against racism? Of course. But just because they should, doesn't mean they are. Assuming that all people of color should be united just because they're people of color is simply dumb when the various ethnicities have been pit against each other for over 100 years.[/QUOTE]

wow. that pretty much seals it. you're beyond ridiculous.
 
[quote name='confoosious']wow. that pretty much seals it. you're beyond ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
Knee jerk reactions are always best.:roll:

Obviously, you must not understand that things cost more if you live in poverty or an economically depressed neighborhood. This phenomenon isn't isolated to just black neighborhoods, but to a vast majority of poor ones.

Just because those store owners didn't intend to exploit them, doesn't mean that they don't.

Or maybe you have a better and more nuanced explanation to explain race relations in that area.

edit: Shit, if that was the only sentence that I typed, I'd be pissed too, but couldn't you have at least assed yourself to put it in context with the rest of the post? Seriously...wtf.
 
yep nothing screams right like two wrongs...LOL.

Hey a horrible thing happened lets show them what horrible really is by killing many innocent people and burn it all down.

Kalbi it's whats for dinner. Nothing like barbecue korean ...um... uh... I mean korean barbecue..to set things right.:roll:
 
[quote name='Pliskin101']yep nothing screams right like two wrongs...LOL.

Hey a horrible thing happened lets show them what horrible really is by killing many innocent people and burn it all down.

Kalbi it's whats for dinner. Nothing like barbecue korean ...um... uh... I mean korean barbecue..to set things right.:roll:[/QUOTE]
No one said it was right, you dipshit.

Sarcastic or not, that's a disgusting fucking joke. Only a lowlife life you would stoop so low to score a fucking point. You've brought this forum to a new low. Congratulations.
 
Oh I am sooo sorry the thread was so classy and you were not trying to score racial inequality points on the backs of hurt innocent people. It's pretty disgusting aint it? You are disgusting.

Anyways I get the riots now....as I did see a bunch of TVs, electronics, and valuables being freed from their chains of bondage and the hands of their oppressors.

:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:
 
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You act like the Koreans were extracting blood diamonds out of the slums.

They were running grocery stores and shit. Were you expecting rollback prices?

I wonder what black people actually think about you in real life. I would venture their reaction is less of "this guy totally gets us" and more of "what in the world is he talking about. Is he selling bean pies over there?"
 
[quote name='confoosious']You act like the Koreans were extracting blood diamonds out of the slums.

They were running grocery stores and shit. Were you expecting rollback prices?[/quote]
And people opening up liquor stores, payday loans, consignment shops, and check cashing places are just people trying to run businesses? You don't think that those types of businesses are in those neighborhoods for no fucking reason? Get off that bullshit. It's exploitative no matter how un-ill intentioned the owner. And it not just about the prices, but that the capital is taken out of the neighborhood and not reinvested in it. Hiring one neighborhood kid doesn't help either. The problem is bigger than what happened during the LA Riots.

I wonder what black people actually think about you in real life. I would venture their reaction is less of "this guy totally gets us" and more of "what in the world is he talking about. Is he selling bean pies over there?"
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So do you have a nuanced explanation of race relations for what happened or not? Because so far, it looks like no. Nice strawman arguments though.:roll:
 
I don't really think doh cares who "gets" him. Besides, one can be ignorant of the effect their race has had on other races and vice versa. I know white people don't like it when i speak of basically any sort of hardship our race has caused others, they flat out don't want to hear it, you think I give a damn? The truth hurts, deal with it. I'm not going to stand by while ignorant people say ignorant things, even if their ignorance causes them to not like what I say.
 
I know he doesn't care. But I just wonder. It's not a point to support an argument or anything.

I grew up with lots of black kids. (this was a long time ago right at the start of the hip hop scene and it wasn't quite cool to have lots of black friends.) I wonder their reaction would be to someone like him - the guy who takes up the mantle of the black "cause" even though he isn't even black. (Well, I know my old friends' reaction would be. I can imagine one of them saying "is that mf selling bean pies or what?" and everyone laughing their asses off.)

I just wonder what the black people who actually know him in real life think.

@dohdoh - how could i possibly argue race relations with someone like you? you're like the michael jordan of race relations.
 
[quote name='Clak']I don't really think doh cares who "gets" him. Besides, one can be ignorant of the effect their race has had on other races and vice versa. I know white people don't like it when i speak of basically any sort of hardship our race has caused others, they flat out don't want to hear it, you think I give a damn? The truth hurts, deal with it. I'm not going to stand by while ignorant people say ignorant things, even if their ignorance causes them to not like what I say.[/QUOTE]

Then why aren't you jumping all over dohdough? You are just as twisted as he is. You guys and your ingonorance racist love fest disgusts me.

edit: you had a huge problem with people trying to justify the killing of a pedophile by a child victim's dad but you are okay with DD trying to justify murder, looting and arson that happened in the riots. WTF is wrong with you?
 
[quote name='Pliskin101']Then why aren't you jumping all over dohdough? You are just as twisted as he is. You guys and your ingonorance racist love fest disgusts me.

edit: you had a huge problem with people trying to justify the killing of a pedophile by a child victim's dad but you are okay with DD trying to justify murder, looting and arson that happened in the riots. WTF is wrong with you?[/QUOTE]
An explanation isn't justification. I know...it's a nuanced point, so it's hard, if not impossible, for you to grasp.
 
Someone said that it bothered them that the riots (were supposedly, my words) about inequality between whites and blacks but korea town was hit and hit hard. You gave the answer that it was because they opened up stores that preyed on the black community.

The problem is that there is only one explanation as the murder, looting, and arson happened to INNOCENT people of all colors ages and sex. It had nothing to do with righting inequality or a wrong...it can only be explained as murder, looting, and arson on INNOCENT people by sick and disgusting animals.

Should I explain to you the cops beating King by saying he was a criminal? By saying that he put people's lives ..cops lives in danger? By talking about what cops encounter everyday? etc etc etc. You see that is just wrong right? By putting it on the victim?

Your explanation was giving a reason and was a bit of victim blaming going on. Which sounded like some sort of justification. As I said it wasn't about inequality by some activists protesting on a corner it was murder, looting and arson across the board on INNOCENT people.
No further explanation is needed.

ex·pla·na·tion/ˌekspləˈnāSHən/

Noun:
  • A statement or account that makes something clear.
  • A reason or justification given for an action or belief.




edit: clear it up and show all of us your humanity then....

Do you agree that the murder looting and arson in the riots on people was disgusting and there is no justification?
Lets see if you can man up and answer the question...and lets see if you can do it without rationalizing, reasoning, justifying or placing blame on the victims.

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[quote name='confoosious']I know he doesn't care. But I just wonder. It's not a point to support an argument or anything.

I grew up with lots of black kids. (this was a long time ago right at the start of the hip hop scene and it wasn't quite cool to have lots of black friends.) I wonder their reaction would be to someone like him - the guy who takes up the mantle of the black "cause" even though he isn't even black. (Well, I know my old friends' reaction would be. I can imagine one of them saying "is that mf selling bean pies or what?" and everyone laughing their asses off.)[/QUOTE]
You're going with a "my black friends" argument? Now you're just being stupid.

It's not a "black cause" and it should be everyone's cause. Pretending that it'll die off and work itself out is not a solution. Neither is being ignorant of the racial history of the country.

Btw, you're not the only one that grew up around lot's of black kids, but at least I'm not the one using it as an argumentative point. Something to think about hmmm?

I just wonder what the black people who actually know him in real life think.
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And what relevance would that have on the veracity of my argument? Absolutely none.

@dohdoh - how could i possibly argue race relations with someone like you? you're like the michael jordan of race relations.
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Obviously, you think you know more than I do about it and that I have everything wrong, so prove it.
 
I didn't say growing up around a lot of black kids gave me more insight into black culture, or made me cool, or made an argumentative point about it. It was just part of growing up.

Somehow you were able to take the LA riots and blame the koreans for getting their own stores burned down! At that point, i found you beyond ridiculous and have decided to call it a day. And then I started wondering what kind of experience creates you. I just am wondering into the ether what black people who actually know you must think about your antics. I found it exasperating but now I just find it funny.
 
[quote name='dohdough']And people opening up liquor stores, payday loans, consignment shops, and check cashing places are just people trying to run businesses? You don't think that those types of businesses are in those neighborhoods for no fucking reason?[/QUOTE]
I am also a targeted demographic for payday loans. Grab a brick, boys, we're going to pay Cash Call a visit :roll:

The reason they are there because the demand is there. The Koreans are also still there running liquor stores and check cashing places. Do we need another riot to rectify this?

Some people want to force the liquor stores out. Gee, maybe being so anti-business and anti-commerce is what is holding these neighborhoods back. More regulations please. While you're at it, raise the minimum wage another dollar, which is like dumping more fuel on the fire.

We can draw on the wisdom of Do the Right Thing here.

Coconut Sid: Look at those Korean motherfuckers across the street. I betcha they haven't been a year off da motherfucking boat before they opened up their own place.
Coconut Sid: It's been about a year.
ML: A motherfucking year off the motherfucking boat and got a good business in our neighborhood occupying a building that had been boarded up for longer than I care to remember and I've been here a long time.
Sweet Dick Willie: It has been a long time.
Coconut Sid: How long?
ML: Too long! Too long. Now for the life of me, I haven't been able to figger this out. Either dem Koreans are geniuses or we Blacks are dumb.
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[quote name='Purple Flames']Oh GBAstar, you can always be relied upon for a good "black people do horrible things and that justifies any bad thing that happens/happened to them" reply all while ignoring the substance of the post the prompted it.[/QUOTE]

That sounds a lot like "white people do horrible things and that justifies any bad things that happen to them... or Koreans who follow in their footsteps."
 
[quote name='UncleBob']That sounds a lot like "white people do horrible things and that justifies any bad things that happen to them... or Koreans who follow in their footsteps."[/QUOTE]


Forget about it those hypocrites will never jump on Dohdough for his ridiculous ramblings on this thread.
 
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[quote name='Pliskin101']Someone said that it bothered them that the riots (were supposedly, my words) about inequality between whites and blacks but korea town was hit and hit hard. You gave the answer that it was because they opened up stores that preyed on the black community.[/quote]
Racial tensions between the local residents and Korean business owners were building for years. That animosity wasn't created in a vacuum or overnight and the attack on Koreans was hardly random. The fact that it manifested itself in a riot is hardly inexplicable.

The problem is that there is only one explanation as the murder, looting, and arson happened to INNOCENT people of all colors ages and sex. It had nothing to do with righting inequality or a wrong...it can only be explained as murder, looting, and arson on INNOCENT people by sick and disgusting animals.
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Saying that the people that perpetrated attack are simply animals is the explanation of a non-thinking idiot.

Should I explain to you the cops beating King by saying he was a criminal? By saying that he put people's lives ..cops lives in danger? By talking about what cops encounter everyday? etc etc etc. You see that is just wrong right? By putting it on the victim and saying he did a wrong is to why he was beaten so bad?
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Where did I say that anyone deserved it?

Your explanation was giving a reason and was a bit of victim blaming going on. Which sounded like some sort of justification. As I said it wasn't about inequality by some activists protesting on a corner it was murder, looting and arson across the board on INNOCENT people.
No further explanation is needed.
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No. I'm saying that it's more complicated than a victim/victimizer relationship, unlike how you're trying to simplify it to the point of meaninglessness. How the hell do you expect to mitigate such incidents like these if you can't understand how they can occur.

ex·pla·na·tion/ˌekspləˈnāSHən/

Noun:
  • A statement or account that makes something clear.
  • A reason or justification given for an action or belief.
edit: clear it up and show all of us your humanity then....

Do you agree that the murder looting and arson in the riots on people was disgusting and there is no justification?
Lets see if you can man up and answer the question...and lets see if you can do it without rationalizing, reasoning, justifying or placing blame on the victims.
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Whether I think it's disgusting or unjustifiable is irrelevant when the riot was hardly a random occurrence. The residents of South Central were victims of intense police brutality for decades as well. Do they lose their victim status because of the riots? Here's a crazy thought: Maybe they're both victims.

And just so you know, I'd rather be a pussy with a brain than a man that doesn't use his own. Your continued attempts to emasculate me are farcical.
 
[quote name='confoosious']I didn't say growing up around a lot of black kids gave me more insight into black culture, or made me cool, or made an argumentative point about it. It was just part of growing up.[/QUOTE]
And then you segued that into a point that your former compatriots would be dismissive and mock me. If your only point was that it was just a part of growing up, then why turn it into an attack? We both know that regaling us with tales from your childhood with other black kids wasn't your sole point, so just stop pretending that it was.

Somehow you were able to take the LA riots and blame the koreans for getting their own stores burned down! At that point, i found you beyond ridiculous and have decided to call it a day. And then I started wondering what kind of experience creates you. I just am wondering into the ether what black people who actually know you must think about your antics. I found it exasperating but now I just find it funny.
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Funny that how in the very next sentence, I said that I DON'T blame them. Perhaps you should read that post again instead of having another knee-jerk reaction. And why is it important to know how other black people view me? Maybe it's because then you'll feel validated about your own opinions about me? Let's say that most of them agree with you and hence, you get that validation. After you get that validation, does that, in any way, have any relevance to the veracity of my points?

What you seem to be missing is that it's bigger than the Koreans or black people alone. It's even bigger than the two of them put together.
 
[quote name='Spokker']I am also a targeted demographic for payday loans. Grab a brick, boys, we're going to pay Cash Call a visit :roll:[/QUOTE]
Yeah...you're such an advocate for racial equality with all your "black people are inferior" talk. Get fucked.

The reason they are there because the demand is there. The Koreans are also still there running liquor stores and check cashing places. Do we need another riot to rectify this?
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And what creates that demand?

Some people want to force the liquor stores out. Gee, maybe being so anti-business and anti-commerce is what is holding these neighborhoods back. More regulations please. While you're at it, raise the minimum wage another dollar, which is like dumping more fuel on the fire.
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Ahhh...and a touch of libertarianism. So we should put more resources into businesses that siphon wealth from an impoverished neighborhood instead of using resources in the form of social programs to try and help it. Even a McDonald's would be more of a net positive than a liquor store because they at least have fresh enough vegetables.

We can draw on the wisdom of Do the Right Thing here.
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So your thesis is that Koreans are smart and black people are dumb. Nothing racist here folks...
 
[quote name='Pliskin101']Someone said that it bothered them that the riots (were supposedly, my words) about inequality between whites and blacks but korea town was hit and hit hard. You gave the answer that it was because they opened up stores that preyed on the black community.

The problem is that there is only one explanation as the murder, looting, and arson happened to INNOCENT people of all colors ages and sex. It had nothing to do with righting inequality or a wrong...it can only be explained as murder, looting, and arson on INNOCENT people by sick and disgusting animals.

Should I explain to you the cops beating King by saying he was a criminal? By saying that he put people's lives ..cops lives in danger? By talking about what cops encounter everyday? etc etc etc. You see that is just wrong right? By putting it on the victim?

Your explanation was giving a reason and was a bit of victim blaming going on. Which sounded like some sort of justification. As I said it wasn't about inequality by some activists protesting on a corner it was murder, looting and arson across the board on INNOCENT people.
No further explanation is needed.

ex·pla·na·tion/ˌekspləˈnāSHən/

Noun:
  • A statement or account that makes something clear.
  • A reason or justification given for an action or belief.




edit: clear it up and show all of us your humanity then....

Do you agree that the murder looting and arson in the riots on people was disgusting and there is no justification?
Lets see if you can man up and answer the question...and lets see if you can do it without rationalizing, reasoning, justifying or placing blame on the victims.

.[/QUOTE]

dd you are one sick sob..... your rambling bs of a rant reply is just that and on top of that sick shit you posted in this thread and that reply you failed to even answer the question....hmmm I don't think it is shocking to anyone that you can't man up and are still trying to spin your sick bs....you have pretty much confirmed to the world that you are a sick racist ahole that quite possibly needs hospitalization.

EDIT: again the only explanation and why of the murder, looting and arson inflicted on innocent people in the riots is those who did it are sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals. We all know the issues and the circumstances. It does not excuse any of the murder, looting and arson. The sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals always have a "reason" or "excuse" for their sick deeds and they don't fly and it comes right back to the fact that they are sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals. They will find and use any "oppurtunity" to carry out their sick shit. The fact that you can't even acknowledge that is even more disturbing.
 
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[quote name='confoosious']I know he doesn't care. But I just wonder. It's not a point to support an argument or anything.

I grew up with lots of black kids. (this was a long time ago right at the start of the hip hop scene and it wasn't quite cool to have lots of black friends.) I wonder their reaction would be to someone like him - the guy who takes up the mantle of the black "cause" even though he isn't even black. (Well, I know my old friends' reaction would be. I can imagine one of them saying "is that mf selling bean pies or what?" and everyone laughing their asses off.)

I just wonder what the black people who actually know him in real life think.

@dohdoh - how could i possibly argue race relations with someone like you? you're like the michael jordan of race relations.[/QUOTE]

LOL

I think of two things when I think of dohdough...First you know the movie The Jerk with Steve Martin? The lines "I was born a poor black child", "These cans are defective - they're springing leaks!" and "these cans he's mad at these cans" come to mind and second that it is quite possible and most likely that he is crapping on these forums from behind the walls of a mental institution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcwz8-EfFYE
 
The L.A. 53

Gunfire killed 35, including eight people shot by law enforcement and two by National Guardsmen. Six died in arson fires. Attackers used sticks or boards to kill two others. Stabbings killed two. Six died in car accidents; two in hit-and-runs. One was strangled.
The violence crossed racial and ethnic lines. The dead included 25 African-Americans, 16 Latinos, eight whites, two Asians, one Algerian, and one Indian or Middle Easterner. Men outnumbered women, 48 to 5.
One of the more troubling statistics: 22 of the cases remain open, unsolved homicides.


http://www.laweekly.com/2002-05-02/news/the-l-a-53/


1,600 buildings were destroyed or damaged , more than 2,300 people were hurt, something like 3100 lootings... are just a few numbers. I think about half the property damage was korean so what about the other half. I would like to know all the demographics of ownership of that property and the actual property that was involved. I wonder what he demographis are of the 2300. I also heard that the official account of the body count is not encompassing all deaths and was only during a three-day period that the numbers were taken from.

I wonder how many of those LA 53 "preyed on the black community" (dohdough's words for why the Koreans were VICTIMS of alot of damage, looting ,arson, and more. I guess those 25 black people also had businesses that preyed on the black community. I guess that all the buidings damaged and destroyed were all buildings and businesses that "preyed on the black community". I wonder if ALL the 2300 people hurt "preyed on the black community"?.
I suppose the unborn black child that was shot in the womb of her mother somehow brought it on herself by "preying on the black community".. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...-baby-shot-in-los-angeles-riots-im-still-here

""I'm innocent, but then again there are other innocent people that got hurt too," she said"
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The sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals carried out those acts.. why? Because they are sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals and they victimized innocent people They are defective. They are sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals. There is no excuse, no justifcation, no making light of it, no writing it off, and there is no reason that changes that they are sick, disgusting, violent, criminal animals.
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[quote name='dohdough']An explanation isn't justification. I know...it's a nuanced point, so it's hard, if not impossible, for you to grasp.[/QUOTE]
Pliskin, the very definition of ignorance.
 
[quote name='Clak']Pliskin, the very definition of ignorance.[/QUOTE]

:roll: I know in clak's world yes. That is fine by me as YOU disgust me right along with dohdough. In your world the beating and subsequent death of a pedophile in the midst of his dirty deeds on a child by the child victims father was wrong (plus twenty ther words you used to describe it being wrong ...blah blah blah BS) and the murder, beating, looting and arson on innocent victims and the reason for that provided by DD "they preyed on the black community" is fine in your world. That anyone who doesn't think like you is a redneck, tea partier, ignorant etc etc. That the VICTIMS are always wrong...(unless of course they are black).

Thank you for the compliment as in your world if you're the smart one in that opposite world then you calling me ignorant is a compliment. You are right I don't think like you ...thank god!!!

gee I wonder who will be the next enlightened ones to chime in next defending their enlightened "clan" esque mates. camoor ..msut... renique....wait for it 3 2 1

edit: bam camoor was right there before I even finished my post. LOL. Next...
 
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[quote name='dohdough']Knee jerk reactions are always best.:roll:

Obviously, you must not understand that things cost more if you live in poverty or an economically depressed neighborhood. This phenomenon isn't isolated to just black neighborhoods, but to a vast majority of poor ones.

Just because those store owners didn't intend to exploit them, doesn't mean that they don't.

Or maybe you have a better and more nuanced explanation to explain race relations in that area.

edit: Shit, if that was the only sentence that I typed, I'd be pissed too, but couldn't you have at least assed yourself to put it in context with the rest of the post? Seriously...wtf.[/QUOTE]


For once, I am going to agree with con. i don't know what you said is true about over charging the poor but the reason prices are high is because they can charge that high. Its the market, if it was cheap or easy to open a business in poor neighborhoods, everyone, including black people would do it, but they don't because of crime or whatever else reason. Poor people can spend their money else where if they dont like it, it they can't, there is reason, no businesses are willing to open there, including black one.
 
[quote name='nixmahn']For once, I am going to agree with con. i don't know what you said is true about over charging the poor but the reason prices are high is because they can charge that high. Its the market, if it was cheap or easy to open a business in poor neighborhoods, everyone, including black people would do it, but they don't because of crime or whatever else reason. Poor people can spend their money else where if they dont like it, it they can't, there is reason, no businesses are willing to open there, including black one.[/QUOTE]
Right, but it gets even more complicated than that. Koreans, or Asians in general, tend to immigrate under different circumstances than those that have lived in those neighborhoods for generations. There's a bit of a selection bias because those that come over tend to be more educated and have more economic resources, but like I said, all they're doing is following the business model of those that came before them and did the same thing. I'm not making a moralistic judgement call when I say it's exploitative, not that you're accusing me of it f course.

The phenomenon of food deserts is a real one and it skews the market. The lack of socio-economic mobility and even economic opportunity is so severe that it becomes cyclical. It's no surprise that local residents can't scrape up enough money to open a store and systemic discrimination doesn't make it any easier. The problem is compounded when the business owners aren't from the neighborhood and take money out of the community. It's one thing if you're a business owner that lives and pumps money back into the community, but in a lot of those types of communities, it doesn't happen.
 
I've always found it strange when I look at the price for a bag of chips in various stores. Say your Ruffles are $2.79 at Target in the 'burbs, then go and look at the same brand/flavour at a "corner store" in a rough area and they'll be $3.19. Delivery costs can't be that much different, but there are a multitude of reasons for this price discrepancy. The bummer is that you can look at in a view that is screwing the people in that area, but part of the reality is volume vs. margin which cares not for demographics. I mean face it, Target is going to sell a good 80 bags of chips every day while the corner store might sell a dozen. Target also gets end column pricing (discount based on purchasing power) while the small store probably has to pay 10-15% more per bag and so on and so forth. This isn't discrimination, but calling it such plays well on TV.

Now, taking money out of the area is an entirely different problem. There's a shift happening in some areas, but on the whole this is the problem we've seen over the last 40 years or so. It's rare to find a butcher shop where the owner also owns the livestock. We've created so many layers of middlemen that price eventually has to go up while everyone gets their cut. The end result being that there is rarely a relationship between producer and consumer.
 
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