Pakistani Student shot in US

[Southie]

Re: Pakistani Student shot in US

@Reha

I don’t think she meant it in a racist way Southie. I live in Chicago and know exactly what she’s talking about.

The area she’s referring to **has **taken a huge hit in the last 10 years…its no longer safe…although when I was a kid…it was safe. We would go out all the time for long walks in the evening without my dad…just us sisters, mom and grandma. I was mentioning this to my husband just last week and he laughed at me…said there’s no way even he would do that now.

The “kachra” she’s referring to is basically gang violence, crime, etc. She’s not referring to the entire colored community as “kachra”.

Bint-e is probably a very nice person. My recollection of her post is - she stated the offenders are from two races only. Black and brown. And she called that community kachara.

I have no problems if she called the criminals kachara. But she did paint the whole community as kachara. If she didn’t mean to do that, she can simply state so. And clearly state she meant only the criminals to be kachra. Bas. Kissa khatam.

I am not questioning there are criminal elements in that community. But we all know the history. Distant past. Recent past. And even present.

I have lived all over the us. Including downtown of some not so great neighborhood. And I know there r criminal elements in all races. Crime is a function of lack of opportunity, our prison system and much much more.

To boil in down to - "they are of two races"should offend decent people. For it is over simplification. And I know you are decent. And probably so is she.

That’s al I have to say. For now.