Political Correctness Kills

[Danzig]

what utter and complete horse ****.
they always describe the suspect.
black male
white female
hispanic male, etc, etc.
that is, if they know all the details. as the story unfolded, they gave out more info. one to three shooters. in a black suv, etc. then it came out they were in gear. finally it came out who they were.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by Danzig

what utter and complete horse ****.
they always describe the suspect.
black male
white female
hispanic male, etc, etc.
that is, if they know all the details. as the story unfolded, they gave out more info. one to three shooters. in a black suv, etc. then it came out they were in gear. finally it came out who they were.

Not true. Many times, maybe the majority, when suspect is a minority they do not report it.

I have seen the news many times where the suspect was reported simply as "wearing a T-shirt and jeans." Gee, that's real helpful. I think I know who it is now...

[GenuineRisk]

Joey, they were white:

"The U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation also categorizes "white people" as "people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa, through racial categories used in the UCR Program adopted from the Statistical Policy Handbook (1978) and published by the Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce."

This may blow your mind, but "Muslim" is not a race. If it were, the majority of the people on this board would be Muslim, as many genealogists speculate that all people of European ancestry are descended from Mohammed. Fun fact!

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...yal-we/302497/

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Joey, they were white:

"The U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation also categorizes "white people" as "people having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa, through racial categories used in the UCR Program adopted from the Statistical Policy Handbook (1978) and published by the Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce."

This may blow your mind, but "Muslim" is not a race. If it were, the majority of the people on this board would be Muslim, as many genealogists speculate that all people of European ancestry are descended from Mohammed. Fun fact!

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...yal-we/302497/

The issue isn't race. The issue is political correctness silencing descriptions of a suspect due to presumed sensitivities about race or any other demographic element that might describe the perpetrator being sought after.