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Nye Bevan

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57. It's very weird how all of a sudden several DUers are solemnly prounouncing that "sketchy"

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 09:55 AM

Aug 2014

is a "racist code-word". A simple Google DU search reveals that many highly respected DUers have been using this word over the years. Are they all closet racists?

Obviously if this was really a racist code-word nobody here should be using it, its use should result in hidden posts and PPRs. The thing is, of course, that it is not really a racist code-word.

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Smiling Young White People Make App for Avoiding Black Neighborhoods [View all] KamaAina Aug 2014 OP

On the plus side... Orrex Aug 2014 #1

NY Daily news article on it 4139 Aug 2014 #3

Good article. Didn't even mention the racial aspect that some are seeing. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #6

The app shows racial profiling AgingAmerican Aug 2014 #15

Again. This app has nothing to do with race. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #2

No, it's racist because it shows whites how to avoid black neighborhoods. KamaAina Aug 2014 #4

You are the one claiming that "sketchy" is equivalent to "black". Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #5

Didn't you read the article? They're totally not racist. Orrex Aug 2014 #8

Do you have the slightest shred of evidence that these folks are racist? Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #13

Do you have the slightest shred of evidence that I claimed that they're racist? Orrex Aug 2014 #17

My apologies. I misinterpreted your "I bet they even have friends who are black" comment Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #18

Creative allegation. LanternWaste Aug 2014 #9

Lots of people here immediately equating "sketchy" with "black". Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #10

so how many white "SKETCHY" nieghborhoods VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #28

I'm poor. If I weren't living in the apartment high-rise I live in I'd be living in a sketchy Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #30

but you're not... VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #41

why would it be surprising ? progressives are usually aware of history, racism, and other issues JI7 Aug 2014 #29

It's because "sketchy" is explicitly a code-phrase in metro DC... Chan790 Aug 2014 #38

Not according to Urban Dictionary Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #40

Dude...I lived there. Chan790 Aug 2014 #43

OK, so maybe you and your buddies used "sketchy" as a code-phrase. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #45

Discussion of the app aside. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #52

"Is there any way to stop white people from using computers before the whole planet is ruined" hfojvt Aug 2014 #7

Quite a few critics of this app could use a mirror. Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #12

that judgement is based on nothing Enrique Aug 2014 #11

As portrayed in the Wire, all of Baltimore is really safe (unless you are in a gang). Vattel Aug 2014 #14

Divisive nonsense AgingAmerican Aug 2014 #16

I don't know much about Jamaal510 Aug 2014 #19

Then a better name for it would be "CrimeFactor" KamaAina Aug 2014 #21

The correct Oakland test for that would be Montclair KamaAina Aug 2014 #23

Where are you getting data suggesting that Montclair is "largely African American?" Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #31

Historically KamaAina Aug 2014 #36

I'll have to see what it says about South Boston before I pass judgement ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #20

Thread win! KamaAina Aug 2014 #22

One of my dearest friends is a Brownie KamaAina Aug 2014 #24

You either get the mob, or Buddy Cianci to handle it ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #25

There's a difference? KamaAina Aug 2014 #26

I would second that. smirkymonkey Aug 2014 #56

Where's the app so black folks can avoid sanctimonious racists, I wonder? nt MADem Aug 2014 #27

the sanctimonious white Gawker writer lives in Brooklyn Enrique Aug 2014 #34

I hear that! nt MADem Aug 2014 #35

This is a crowd-sourced app. KitSileya Aug 2014 #46

I take your point. Even so, MADem Aug 2014 #47

Oh, I agree. KitSileya Aug 2014 #48

+1 and nicely stated, too! nt MADem Aug 2014 #49

the app includes "racial profiling" as one of the factors Enrique Aug 2014 #32

thanks for the screen shot Niceguy1 Aug 2014 #51

Is there an app that lets you avoid people who use THAT app? Ken Burch Aug 2014 #33

Yeah, just use the same app and only stay in the neighborhoods rated the sketchiest (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #37

It's really sad that people are promoting this article. mythology Aug 2014 #39

pretty easy....how many "sketchy" neighborhoods are predominately White? VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2014 #44

Would it be racist if I downloaded the app and marked this place as sketchy? Revanchist Aug 2014 #50

Nope, and that's exactly the kind of use the developers envisage (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #58

The app is silly. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #53

It's very weird how all of a sudden several DUers are solemnly prounouncing that "sketchy" Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #57

This is actually pretty much chicken vs egg. McDiggy Aug 2014 #54

well put n/t 2pooped2pop Aug 2014 #55

"news crew was robbed in DC while working on a story about ... app" PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #59