I am very glad that the OP was allowed to post that opinion. This would not be allowed at any other online forum. It's wonderful that the OP and ALL the contributors to this thread have had a chance to blow off some steam.
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Speaking of blowing off some steam ....
IMHO, this whole topic is personal.
Ask any liquor store clerk what ethnicity of young males he fears most. Everyone knows what his answer will be. (If one were to research the killers of liquor store clerks, one would NO doubt find that almost all of them were of a certain ethnicity.,)
Ask any New York City taxicab driver what ethnicity s/he is most wary of. (Those cabbies may have heard about the Big Apple back in the 1970s/1980s when many cabbies were being murdered every year by males of a certain ethnicity.)
Ask any parent if s/he would send her/his child to a big-city high school whose student body is primarily of a certain ethnicity. S/he would look at you in horror! The violence and the vandalism committed by a substantial minority would turn your stomachs.
Ask anyone who has been forced to leave a neighborhood because of the behavior of many (not all, of course) newcomers. (The dangerous dogs, the drugs, the loud music, the fights in the street, the nighttime shootings, the house robberies, etc.)
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Yes, it is personal.
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Speaking of blowing off some steam ....
IMHO, this whole topic is personal.
Ask any liquor store clerk what ethnicity of young males he fears most. Everyone knows what his answer will be. (If one were to research the killers of liquor store clerks, one would NO doubt find that almost all of them were of a certain ethnicity.,)
Ask any New York City taxicab driver what ethnicity s/he is most wary of. (Those cabbies may have heard about the Big Apple back in the 1970s/1980s when many cabbies were being murdered every year by males of a certain ethnicity.)
Ask any parent if s/he would send her/his child to a big-city high school whose student body is primarily of a certain ethnicity. S/he would look at you in horror! The violence and the vandalism committed by a substantial minority would turn your stomachs.
Ask anyone who has been forced to leave a neighborhood because of the behavior of many (not all, of course) newcomers. (The dangerous dogs, the drugs, the loud music, the fights in the street, the nighttime shootings, the house robberies, etc.)
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Yes, it is personal.