Scared to Death of Black Males?

Today, March 26, 2008, Philadelphia Police reported that a white man died Wednesday afternoon after a confrontation with a group of black male high school students on a SEPTA concourse in Center City Philadelphia. The incident occurred at about 2:35 p.m. before the turnstiles on the Market-Frankford Line's underground concourse at 13th and Market

Police are not sure of the extent of the confrontation. Initial reports indicated that three teenagers "beat the man to death" in broad daylight.

According to witnesses, the man, a 36 year old local business manager, appeared to be seriously distressed by his confrontation with the boys. Then, the man appeared to go into cardiac arrest. He later died at a local hospital.

What the hell? All I can think is WHY? WHY? Why another violent physical attack by YOUNG BLACK MALES?

As I have said in previous posts, there is a crisis in America. Too many of our young black men are misguided, uneducated, aggressive, and mad! Immediate intervention is needed! And making racist accusatory comments is NOT intervention. We (White and Black people) are at fault for this crisis in some way or another, directly or indirectly.

At some point, it will be necessary for all races to unite and help young black men recognize their true potentials. Yes, young black men have potential, just as ALL YOUNG MEN have!

Black crime in America is not simply a BLACK problem. It is an AMERICAN problem.

(And let us not also keep pretending that White people never commit crimes....)

But in America, as always, when people hear about blacks committing crimes, especially against whites, the racist comments and attitude surface.

Below is a sample of the tone of most comments by readers on news sites reporting this tragic situation:

Anon's comments - "I disagree. It is totally about race. How often do you hear stories of a group of white kids jumping black people? You don't. Why don't you? Because whites don't act like the uneducated blacks in the city. Don't get me wrong, not all blacks are uneducated...but the ones that are are a waste of space in society and they should all just be killed. Instead, the taxpayers will be paying for these monsters to rot in jail."

Honestly, I could not bear to read all the racist comments made about blacks.

As a relatively young, educated black man, it hurts me in my core, in my spirit, in my soul that people can make such hateful negative comments about black people.

Yes, I can imagine that there are many uneducated, violent, aggressive, criminally prone blacks in America, but not all of us are that way. In fact, MOST of us are NOT criminals or will ever commit a crime.

For once, at this point in time, I am speechless...and disappointed.