AFS Cinema
It's Not Racism When the People Are Jerks
RECEIVED Tue., Nov. 24, 2009
Dear Editor,
Five months until the Texas Relays, and we are hearing about racism already. The public urination and fights are real, the gunshots are real, the traffic snarls (due to lines of cars ignoring red lights on the southbound I-35 access road) are real, and the assaults on local club workers are real. Downtown businesses closed (or planned to) because regulars stay home, business is poor (usually just like Mardi Gras and Halloween), and their employees are at risk. These establishments close not because the people are black; it's because the people are assholes.
Five months until the Texas Relays, and we are hearing about racism already. The public urination and fights are real, the gunshots are real, the traffic snarls (due to lines of cars ignoring red lights on the southbound I-35 access road) are real, and the assaults on local club workers are real. Downtown businesses closed (or planned to) because regulars stay home, business is poor (usually just like Mardi Gras and Halloween), and their employees are at risk. These establishments close not because the people are black; it's because the people are assholes.
Tim Pipe