This is a rhetorical question.
2007-04-17 15:14:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I don't think everyone understands the question. I did not say "How much attention would the *massacre* be receiving had the gunman been a Caucasian American?" I'm asking how much attention would the citizens of the United States and Y!A-goers be giving the gunman had he been white and born in America.
2007-04-17 15:40:19 · update #1
haha. People will deny their bias to the day they die. I stopped watching the news because no matter what channel I turned to, they wouldn't stop headlining their reports with, "South Korean student......"
If he had been white, yes, the media still would have been in a frenzy, because it is such a terrible tragedy. But people in general, everyday people, like those on Answers, would not be asking the same questions, and voicing the same "concerns" they would have if the killer had been white. The Cultures and Groups section is proof. People asking about deporting the killer's family, people asking about whether "immigrants" should be able to own guns, people asking about why the "orientals" are this, and why so many "chinks" do that; it's disgusting.
Personally, I don't really think its out of any conscious racism, or anything like that. I think since white people are the majority, some white people would look at it like, "Oh, that could've have been my child." So they are a lot more sympathetic. Look at the Columbine shooting. Everyone can say how the kids were nuts, but no one will say how they were white nuts. That's because it was, and is, irrevelant. But that be the case all across the board. When someone does something like this, their race should be the last thing on anyone's mind.
Bottom line though: No. If the killer was white, mainstream America, that includes the lovely people of YA!, would not be discussing some of the "issues" that they are now.....
2007-04-17 17:59:36 · answer #1 · answered by SweetMahogany 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This just goes to show how america still has not
grown up. What does race have to do with people
being killed and slaughtered for no reason, as any
person could have done it. What is important here
is programs to prevent such actions in the future
and the government taking a stance to make
america safe again for americans. This is why I
moved overseas because america is in so much
trouble internally that it's not safe to be there any-
more. I am an american and I see what is going
on and so do thousands more that are living
abroad.
2007-04-17 15:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by RudiA 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-22 11:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as much as if he was of middle east descent.
Most of the mass / serial murderers are white guys, so it really wouldn't be unusual. In this case with an Asian, it is a little unusual for people from his culture to commit these crimes in America. It would not be unusual for them to commit this crimes in their country.
2007-04-17 15:29:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
the same, this was a horrible horrible thing for a PERSON to do, I don't care if you're white, black, asian, spanish, indian..it just doesn't matter. This is the WORST tragedy of its kind in history, how can you even ask it, although rhetorically?
2007-04-17 15:30:04 · answer #5 · answered by bettyflintstone 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
as much
it's the high number of casualties that make the tradegy stand out. not his race, there have been plenty of white gunman shootings
2007-04-17 15:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Were you at the age of reason when Columbine occurred?
I am not even sure of your rhetorical point...
2007-04-17 15:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by and_y_knot 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a whoie lot more than some other person would have gotten, i had said to myself that i was through with this issue, and now
yall have pulled me back into it. this is not a racial issue, dont
you understand? this is a GOD issue, period.
2007-04-17 15:22:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it would've been the same situation. same deal. same story.
race is soooo not important in a situation like this. it's what happened that matters. race is nothing compared to what was done.
2007-04-17 15:30:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The same, every school shooting has been covered by our media
2007-04-17 15:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by trigunmarksman 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋