Are the Tsarnaev brothers white?

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43. but I don't think you got my point

I believe most people who "wanted" him to be white meant "not black or brown." It's that simple.

I did expect home grown, but that was due to the specific holiday, which is very local to Massachusetts and New England. So I was not surprised in the least that they lived in Mass for some years. New England is a very difficult place to "settle in" to, especially Mass. The locals tend to be very insular, many with ancestors who came over on the Mayflower or even earlier. When the economy is good, it is more inclusive workwise. When jobs are tight, non-natives are the first to be shut out. Socially, never inclusive. I've lived in the region for 36 years, so have experienced the social and work isolation first hand. Even the local branch of my family excludes me. I depend on my fur-family and for the most part non-locals (transplants) for a social life.

Beyond that, I don't know how anybody ends up a terrorist, except that I expect they are clear sociopaths. Even had one not been a "misfit," I expect they would have done serious damage, just maybe less physically violent.