I totally agree it's economic status and not race per se that predisposes people to crime--I think it would be ridiculous to suggest black people are predisposed to crime simply because they are black. I don't think anyone including Bennett is doing that. We have two groups of people, one is focusing on this racial aspect and saying it's wrong to be racist and the other is focusing on the accuracy of the statement. You won't find much argument against your point that it's wrong to be racist and blame black people for crime. That's simply not what we're trying to argue. One can tell who are the potential lawyers in this thread.
He would have been better off to say "abort all babies" instead of "abort black babies" because the statement would still be accurate and the "OMG racist" alarms wouldn't have gone off. He would have been still better off not to say anything of the sort because any mention of abortion is sure to cause problems, and there are also sure to be people who misunderstand him or take him out of context as if he actually thinks this would be a good idea. I suppose he could still incidentally be a racist; I just don't think this statement necessarily implies that.
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Originally Posted by Hardknock
You and I both know that factual analysis was not the driving force behind him making this ignorant statement.
On second thought I'm not sure that you don't know....
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I actually missed this the first time around, and assuming it was addressed to me, no, I don't know that. I wouldn't post something I didn't believe as if I did. What are you saying, he said it because he's a racist and would really like to abort black babies?