Skin Color under the Helmet

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eynlai

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I know... Sometimes I bring up the most touchiest subjects. But this latest news article about the obvious racial discrimination and bike profiling in South Carolina is just a reminder.

It sucks that in this day and age, people still practice obvious racism. Even worst is when it's segments of governments that blatantly display it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20050527/ts_csm/ablackbike

I only look at the color of the bike or helmet. Not the color of whose riding the bike, or color of the skin underneath the helmet. Guess some look at it the other way.
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one thing i have noticed here in mississippi is that bikers of all color are a brotherhood ;that is if you ride a rocket. black, white, mexican, it dont matter. the hardley crowd thats another story!
 
Been disriminated against all my life, wtf? is next?
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I'm prejudice I hate everyone! Just Kidding if you'll talk to me I'll talk to you, drink a beer(I'll be drinking the hard stuff) we're good, Prejudice people SUCK
 
Personally even though I am white I am sure id feel more welcome @ Black Bike week then I would @ Sturgis on my Busa.
 
I would assume it is mostly because of what the one woman said in the article.. The younger kids with no respect ruin things for everyone else. There appears to be a need for more officers. They arrested 200 more people during Black Bike Week and the article does not say they were arrested without cause.

I was down there last year for "White" bike week and even it could get pretty fired up, depending on where you were at. Traffic is probably just as bad during white bike week. So I can see a reason for more officers, but there is no reason to block off lanes of traffic. They should realize how much money these bike weeks bring in and just leave people alone.
 
I'm white, grew up on the Navajo Indian reservation and believe you me, I know what it's like to be the object of discrimination. When a third grade Indian kid pulls a knife on you on the school bus and says he loves to hear white boys scream, it's enough to make you pi$$ your pants, guaranteed.

It's an unfortunate part of life and as the article said, most of the bikers take it in stride. What many people don't realize is that when you gather as a group in a place where prejudice likely already exists, everyone is going to watch you. Period. That means that any punk kid who decides to get stupid is going to automatically label the rest of the group as irresponsible, crazy, stupid, etc. etc. Even if the rest of the entire group is behaving well, it won't matter; people ALWAYS see the problem and paint the rest of the picture with the same brush.

As bikers on sport bikes, we suffer that same prejudice: "All guys on sport bikes are crazy m-fers. Not true, but we've been labelled because of some morons out there who behave irresponsibly.

Sad. Very sad, for both prejudices and all others besides.

As I read through the article, I kept thinking, "It isn't a racial issue, it's an issue of the kind of bikes ridden," until I got to this part: ". . . several restaurants and a hotel that close down during the weekend." Not proof, per se, but it makes me rethink the racist angle a little more intently.

There are sooooooo many permutations to this issue, it can hardly be adequately discussed.

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Personally even though I am white I am sure id feel more welcome @ Black Bike week then I would @ Sturgis on my Busa. [/QUOTE]

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You would be, with or without a bike @ Black Bike Week !

I got your back, Playa (BentValve) if anything funky goes down.



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First let me say I'm NOT prejudice...but I'm NOT a "Separatist" either...and I believe that therein lays the problem..in other words?...why "BLACK" bike week?...we don't have a "spanish Bike Week"...or a "White" bike week..so imho?...the problem is that "Black" bike week is conceptually flawed by it's very name...clearly catogorizing who IS and who ISN'T invited or welcome...by race.

To me?..."Separatists" are just predudice folks who don't wanna admit to being "racist"..and then they'll deny such hiding behind excuses of "Pride in Hertitage"...and to that I say BS...point being....why dose it hafta be a "Race Based" event?...as in my world?...everyone is always welcome to attend..no matter what race, creed or color..I mean think about it...you don't see "Caucasion Bike Night" anywhere do you?..as folks might take offense...and rightfully so.

Leave the history in the books where it belongs...live YOUR life...be your brothers keeper..then shake hands and ride!!!

L8R, Bill.
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I'm prejuduce, we all are, we have an impressions of everyone we see based on what we see. If we see a really heavy person, we assume they may have an eating problem. If we see super skinny women with ribs showing, we sometimes get the idea they may be belimec (may not be spelled correctly).
We all have a first impressions of someone we meet based on the experiences we've had with people that "look" similar in the past. I'm assuming the problem people are having with the article above it the increased police prescence at Black Bike Week. I don't know anything about Black Bike week, but I do know that in areas in nearby counties where a lot of mischief occurs, the police increase their prescence. Often times the residents will cry racism, except if it's an area where affluent people live. I for one am tired of hearing people cry racism every time they feel like they are being judged by the color of thier skin. I have no problems with anyone based on their race, but I also have no sympathy for those who can't forget the past and want to relive it every day.

I know that there is a large number of you guys that might take offence to this based on your race, but none is intended.

I'm white, although my family on my Dad's side was brought here against their will, on my Mom's side, they were marched from the North Georgia/North Carolina area out to Oklahoma where many died and were brutally mistreated. I however was born 40 years ago and do not hold any of this against anyone, all the ones to blame for this are long dead. I do believe though that if for the last 200 years my family had been taught to hate others because of what they had done, I may feel like many blacks do today. I know from experience that many blacks are raised to not trust whitey and never trust the popo. It's never going to end until the "victims" stop being "victims" and just be Americans.

Kevin
 
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