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In reply to the discussion: Will the "biker melee" be described as "white on white crime"? [View all]hunter
(40,879 posts)36. White gangsters in the U.S.A. have a much higher social status than black or "Mexican" gangsters.
Especially them that ride motorcycles.
Me and my gearhead siblings' and shady acquaintances' beer brewing and motorized bicycle, moped, and antique motorcycle gang never got off the ground, even though we were among the potentially deadliest people in the state, some of us with day jobs in the Military Industrial Complex.
As a pacifist, I did my very best not to know too much about that.
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Are there news stories about biker gangs killing innocent bystanders printed every weekend?
SlimJimmy
May 2015
#65
Oh I see, so white(ish) gangs are not a problem since they *mostly* contain their
Coventina
May 2015
#71
The Bandidos got their inspiration from Mexican bandits, but were founded by white guys.
Coventina
May 2015
#17
Yeah, it is interesting. Non-whites had to form their own clubs. So they are out there.
Coventina
May 2015
#21
Most of the bikers involved were white. Deflect all you want, but that's the truth.
Gormy Cuss
May 2015
#49
That would be reasonable and appropriate and so the media will refuse to use this characterization
Gothmog
May 2015
#25
White gangsters in the U.S.A. have a much higher social status than black or "Mexican" gangsters.
hunter
May 2015
#36
Thank you for posting, it needed to be heard, the judgmental bs was driving me crazy...
AuntPatsy
May 2015
#54
Law enforcement considers the Bandidos to be equally dangerous as the Aryan Brotherhood,
Coventina
May 2015
#60
Well, hey! That's great! I guess we can stop calling the Crips & Bloods feuds
Coventina
May 2015
#52
Ha! No kidding. There seems to be a new kind of "one drop rule" at work in this thread.
Coventina
May 2015
#55
I very much doubt if the majority of them could be called "privileged" in any sane sense of the word
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2015
#68