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Street crime in DC

Tuesday, 8th July 2008

One blog I've just become acquainted with is by the young journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. I don't always agree with him (especially when he takes a swipe at Bill Cosby's back-to-basics political campaign) yet he usually has a lively take on the many subjects he covers. One of his latest posts discusses the shooting of blogger Brian Beutler:

I was just reading this entry from Ezra Klein where he notes that fully half of his friends have been mugged. That is just a shocking number to me. I got to thinking back on my days in the District, and I couldn't even think of more than three or four people who I knew that had been mugged. As I reflected more on it, I came to a very uncomfortable--if obvious conclusion--if you're a mugger in D.C., a young, white, bookish blogger probably looks like the perfect mark...In reading all of these blog postings about crime in the District, I am beginning to understand--to some extent--the fear that white folks must have of black crime, as something different than the fear that black folks have.
I'm surprised it's taken him this long to see the other side of the story. But at least he gets it. Btw, if you haven't read his piece about Cosby, it's here.

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