<< Quit crying
who is that directed to. >>
That was directed to you, in regards to the W2K spell checker issue. Since the W2K issue was the only one that you quoted, it is to be inferred that it is the most important to you. As I stated, the physical attacks are much more important/worrisome. A software glitch from a company that has had a similar glitch in the past (not to mention the huge number of unrelated glitches that it has now) is not nearly the most important issue brought up in the article. BTW, every nationality that immigrated to this country has faced racism, except the WASPs, as they were the first here outside of the already present indigious population, who were shoved aside. The Germans, the Irish, the Italians, the Polish, the Hungarians, etc... virtually every ethnicity has been discriminated against. Its not right, but it happens. During WWI, the German population in the USA had many of the same sorts of crimes committed against them. In WWII, Japanese citizens on the West Coast were put in camps, for no valid reason. I'm not saying any of this is right, but I did expect this sort of backlash. One problem I have with your link is some of the points, like these (taken from #'s 15 through 30, as I didnt fell like doing this for the whole article:
16) A 57-year-old Punjabi man was shot in Yuba City, California.
Several cars of Punjabis were vandalized as well. (Masala.com chatroom)
There is no mention of his being shot because his ethnicity. Same with the cars. How many cars are there in that area, and how many are vandalized. You need to prove that it was done because of their ethnicity. Furthermore, a chatroom is not a reliable source to quote.
17) A student of either Indian or Middle Eastern origin was attacked
on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Other colleges have reported
similar stories of their students under attack. (MTV News & Seattle
Times)
Oh wow, and how many white people were attacked/mugged on that campus? No mention made of it being ethnically based crime.
23) An Indian girl was beaten to death in Long Island...Suspects are
supposedly in custody. (Masala.com chatroom)
Again... no mention of her ethnicity being a factor, or it being done in retaliation for the WTC. See above about chatroom sources.
27) On Long Island, a market in Smithtown owned by a native of
Pakistan was the target of what the police considered a probable arson
attack Wednesday morning. The entire store was burned to the ground.
(New York Times: 9/14)
OK, I'm just going to start copy/pasting... Again... no mention of her ethnicity being a factor, or it being done in retaliation for the WTC
28) In Ronkonkoma, a man was arrested on suspicion of waving a pellet
gun and shouting obscenities at a South Asian gas station worker. (New
York Times: 9/14)
South Asian!? and yet this is about racist incident since 9/11? When did it ever involve South Asians? Furthermore, how many times are white clerks shouted at and have weapons waved at them? Why didnt they make it on your list?
I could continue, but it would be pointless. A minimum of a quarter of the incidents you listed are not valid as ethnically based crimes, at least in the way you presented them. A third of those that I sampled were not valid as ethnically motovated. Quoting chatrooms is not a good way to get people to respect your sources. Nor is quoting incidents, that for all we know, are random, and including them in a list of ethnically motivated crimes.
EDITED: word replacement, and spelling
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