Inside Black-Asian Violence -- It’s Not About Race
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Inside Black-Asian Violence -- It’s Not About Race
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia , Commentary, Amanze Emenike , Posted: Apr 21, 2010
Editor's Note: Recent attacks on Asian Americans by black teenagers in San Francisco have led some to speculate that ethnic tensions in the city are on the rise. But one young man who was taught to rob Asians and Latinos in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood says it's not really about race. Amanze Emenike, 22, is a content producer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
It’s gotten crazy in Hunters Point once again. A 57-year-old woman was attacked last month on a Muni T-line platform by a group of boys between the ages of 14 and 16. In January, an 83-year-old Chinese man was attacked on the same Third Street corridor. He died two months later in what is being investigated as a homicide.
In certain hoods, crime is almost a routine part of life. Crime is like death; it’s inevitable.
When I was introduced to the crime scene, I was put on to rob Asians and Latinos on Third Street. We specifically preyed on Asians and Mexicans, and wouldn’t do anything to African Americans.
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YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia , Commentary, Amanze Emenike , Posted: Apr 21, 2010
Editor's Note: Recent attacks on Asian Americans by black teenagers in San Francisco have led some to speculate that ethnic tensions in the city are on the rise. But one young man who was taught to rob Asians and Latinos in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood says it's not really about race. Amanze Emenike, 22, is a content producer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia.
It’s gotten crazy in Hunters Point once again. A 57-year-old woman was attacked last month on a Muni T-line platform by a group of boys between the ages of 14 and 16. In January, an 83-year-old Chinese man was attacked on the same Third Street corridor. He died two months later in what is being investigated as a homicide.
In certain hoods, crime is almost a routine part of life. Crime is like death; it’s inevitable.
When I was introduced to the crime scene, I was put on to rob Asians and Latinos on Third Street. We specifically preyed on Asians and Mexicans, and wouldn’t do anything to African Americans.
read more of this article at
www.YouthOutlook.org
www.NewAmericaMedia.org
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