New York Times Gang Rape Story 'Lacked Balance,' Says Public Editor; Race Issues Flare

• What people convienently overlook is that there is a pattern of hate crimes by black folks being viewed in a way that is more sympathetic to the perps then those they victimized. Look at the Crown Heights pogrom and pogrom against Asians in LA both in the 90's. Both these events, which were every bit as bad as what the KKK did to blacks, are taught today in schools and presented in the media as "disputes/tensions between communities" in which all sides have equally valid perspectives. These events focus more on the feelings and perspectives of the black victimizers then the people they victimized. They also give a free pass to people who try and justify these hate crimes, something that is taboo to do when black folks are the victim. When the NYT reported this, they reported it in the same way they do all hate crimes by blacks. It was not okay in this instance, or any other either. Such as recently when they reported on the hate crimes blacks perpetrated against Jews in Crown Heights they didn't mention that 2 Jews were brutually murdered and hundreds injured by black lynch mobs who used a car accident as an EXCUSE to get all KKK. Instead they reported "Blacks rioted when a black child was killed in a car accident by a Jewish driver." No mention of the fact that Black on Jewish violent crime and hate speech was (and sitll is) already rampenent in this area. No mention of all the Jews hurt (and murdered) by the black lynch mob who used this car accident as an EXCUSE for hate crimes and looting. Instead they simply reported what the supporters of the lynch mob claimed without scrutinizing objectively the facts. And the same was done in this instance and their overage of black-on-Asian hate crimes too

• Actually, by telling the story from point-of-view of the 11-year-old victim, the Houston Chronicle story was a lot more "balanced" than that of mega-liberal New York Times, which did everything but wave a hankie crying theatrical tears over the fate of these poor, misunderstood rapists. ...All 28 of them.

• MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER by Nathan McCall Published 1995 pages 45-46 “It was the first day of summer vacation. I was fourteen years old and had just completed the eighth grade, marking the end of my junior high school days. I was sitting at home, watching TV, when the telephone rang. "Hello," I said. "Yo, Nate, this is Lep!" "Yo Lep, what's up?" "We got one. She phat as a motherfucka! Got nice titties, too! We at Turkey Buzzard's crib. You better come on over and get in on it!" "'See you in a heartbeat." When I got to Turkey Buzzard's place a few blocks away, Bimbo, Frog Dickie, Shane, Lep, Cooder, almost the whole crew about twelve guys in all were already there, grinning and joking like they had stolen something. Actually, they had stolen something: They were holding a girl captive in one of the back bedrooms. Turkey Buzzard's parents were away at work. I learned that the girl was Vanessa, a black beauty whose family had recently moved into our neighborhood, less than two blocks from where I lived. She seemed like a nice girl. When I first noticed her walking to and from school, I had wanted to check her out. Now it was too late. She was about to have a train run on her. No way she could be somebody's straight up girl after going through a train. Vanessa was thirteen years old and very naive. She thought she had gone to Turkey Buzzard's crib just to talk with somebody she had a crush on. A bunch of the fellas hid in closets and under beds. When she stepped inside and sat down, they sprang from their hiding places and blocked the door so that she couldn't leave. When I got there, two or three dudes were in the back room, trying to persuade her to give it up. The others were pacing about in the living room, joking and arguing about the lineup, about who would go first……..end quote Author Nathan McCall is a college professor and has a website

• MAKES ME WANNA HOLLER by Nathan McCall Published 1995 pages 44-45 “Different groups of guys set up their own trains. Although everybody knew it could lead to trouble with the law, I think few guys thought of it as rape. It was viewed as a social thing among hanging partners, like passing a joint. The dude who set up the train got pats on the back. He was considered a real player whose rap game was strong. I think most girls gave in when trains were sprung on them because they went into shock. They were so utterly unprepared for anything that wild that it freaked them out. By the time they realized that they'd been set up, they were stripped naked, lying on a bed or in the backseat of a car, with a crowd of crazed looking dudes hovering overhead. I always wondered what went on inside girls' heads when that was happening to them. Afterward, most girls were too ashamed and freaked out to tell. They knew that if they snitched to the cops, the thing would become public news and their name would be mud. But every now and then, some chick squealed, and somebody caught a charge. Then guys got their buddies to go to court and testify that the girl was a footloose ‘ho’ whom they each had boned. Most girls seemed to lose something vital inside after they'd been trained. Their self esteem dropped and they didn't care about themselves anymore. That happened to a girl named Shirley, who was once trained by Scobe and so many other guys that she was hospitalized. After that, I guess she figured nobody wanted her as a straight up girl. So Shirley let guys run trains on her all the time. ………end quote Author Nathan McCall is a college professor and has a website

• Where's your source for the "white men in trucks" quote? Your imagination, obviously. Quanell X's quote calls for such a "balance." Ironically, the Times was attempting the same noble thing, only more delicately. It did not invent the "white men in trucks," but assumed them and massaged the story accordingly.

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