Street robberies and you

[Atypical Liberal]

61. Race is a social fact when talking about CRIME IN GENERAL.

It does not absolutely imply......but it does immediately imply. How often do you read about White people being robbed by Skinheads?

But the fact is there are white gang members.

I do not see how when I talk about a gang member how I am immediately talking about non-white people. Nor did I see anything in the article to imply otherwise.

[quote]Thank you for acknowledge that race is a social fact in any discussion of gangs.[/quote]

Race is a social fact when discussing crime in general.

This does not mean every time I talk about a criminal I am talking about a specific race of people.

For example, white-collar crime is committed at a much greater rate by white people. This does not mean that when I am talking about white-collar crime I am talking about white people. Carjackings are committed at a higher rate by black people. This does not mean when I am talking about carjackers I am talking about black people.

I suggest you read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States

There are definite racial trends to crime. This does not mean that every time we speak of someone who commits a certain kind of crime that we are talking about any particular race of people.