Southlake = Pleasantville Options

[kcroxyoursox]

I know a lot of you are from the DFW area, so I figured this might generate some interest. Basically, Southlake is the modern-day Pleasantville, where our kids are smarter AND better looking. Read on.

http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dir...642EC371FE6E70B

[Oasis]

I absolutely hate agreeing with Chuck, but he's right.

A greater number of crimes are committed by minorities - mainly African Americans or Mexicans - relative to the size of the population and the percentage of minorities in that population. I don't feel the need to find statistics to back this up. When I turn on the local Lubbock news and see that on average, 75% of violent crimes have a prime suspect named Ramirez or Gonzalez, that tells me something. And no, that's not White America singling out minorities because this country is racist, that's the minorities themselves committing the crimes.

I don't care what the reason is - be it socioeconomic, family life, upbringing, whatever. I am well aware that most minorities are in a lower economic class than white people. But the fact is, taking into account population variables, minorities commit more violent crime than white people. It probably has to do more with the fact that most violent crimes are committed by people of a lower economic class, but considering on average, minorities are in a lower economic class, that in turn means more violent crimes are committed by minorities. Sorry, it's true. On the other hand, most white collar crimes (fraud, money laundering, etc) are probably committed by white people, since a higher percentage of white people are middle-upper class, and those are middle-upper class type crimes.

Stop playing the damn "you're a racist!" card. It's stupid and ignorant. No one has said all minorities are criminals. No one has said merely being a minority makes you more prone to commit crime.

[Jim]

I absolutely hate agreeing with Chuck, but he's right.

A greater number of crimes are committed by minorities - mainly African Americans or Mexicans - relative to the size of the population and the percentage of minorities in that population. I don't feel the need to find statistics to back this up. When I turn on the local Lubbock news and see that on average, 75% of violent crimes have a prime suspect named Ramirez or Gonzalez, that tells me something. And no, that's not White America singling out minorities because this country is racist, that's the minorities themselves committing the crimes.

I don't care what the reason is - be it socioeconomic, family life, upbringing, whatever. I am well aware that most minorities are in a lower economic class than white people. But the fact is, taking into account population variables, minorities commit more violent crime than white people. It probably has to do more with the fact that most violent crimes are committed by people of a lower economic class, but considering on average, minorities are in a lower economic class, that in turn means more violent crimes are committed by minorities. Sorry, it's true. On the other hand, most white collar crimes (fraud, money laundering, etc) are probably committed by white people, since a higher percentage of white people are middle-upper class, and those are middle-upper class type crimes.

Stop playing the damn "you're a racist!" card. It's stupid and ignorant. No one has said all minorities are criminals. No one has said merely being a minority makes you more prone to commit crime.

Agree.

I don't think it's a coincidence that there are hardly any crimes up here in Valparaiso, IN and that it's 93% white here.