>OP is trying to describe Chicago as crime-ridden - when in actuality they would have never lived anywhere near the actual crime epicenters of Chicago and are only operating on fear-mongering.
Besides being a pretty low-quality, racist comment overall (e.g., "I pointed out that this person was obviously white(the culture comment, growing up in Evanston) and lived in Lake View"), this specific bit of reasoning is particularly poorly-reasoned. Two things can be true: north-side Chicago can be crime ridden compared to other places and also it can have less crime than South-Side Chicago. The latter doesn't refute the former.
>Two things can be true: north-side Chicago can be crime ridden compared to other places and also it can have less crime than South-Side Chicago. The latter doesn't refute the former.
This doesn't appear to be responding to anything I said - I said they didn't live near the actual crime epicenters of Chicago and thus couldn't accurately comment on it. Chicago, as an urban area, will have higher crime rates just by population rate - that doesn't actually mean they lived in a high crime area.
>Besides being a pretty low-quality, racist comment overall (e.g., "I pointed out that this person was obviously white(the culture comment, growing up in Evanston) and lived in Lake View"
I am white - if it's racist to point out how resoundingly white OPs bias and POV is then so be it. Go read that comment back, along with the culture comment and now living in rural Colorado - connect the dots or not. I know tons of white people that used to live here that no longer do because they don't feel it's "a nice place to live anymore."
> This doesn't appear to be responding to anything I said - I said they didn't live near the actual crime epicenters of Chicago and thus couldn't accurately comment on it. Chicago, as an urban area, will have higher crime rates just by population rate - that doesn't actually mean they lived in a high crime area.
The parent didn't claim to live near "the epicenter of crime" nor does one need to live near the epicenter to find that crime is too high for their liking. Your comment was a non sequitur (responding to "crime is too high in Chicago" with "you don't live near the epicenter").
> I am white - if it's racist to point out how resoundingly white OPs bias and POV is then so be it. Go read that comment back, along with the culture comment and now living in rural Colorado - connect the dots or not. I know tons of white people that used to live here that no longer do because they don't feel it's "a nice place to live anymore."
Yes, I read the comment correctly the first time. Assuming someone's race and then assuming that the person's race impacts how they see the world is racism. Writing someone off because of their race is racism.
Besides being a pretty low-quality, racist comment overall (e.g., "I pointed out that this person was obviously white(the culture comment, growing up in Evanston) and lived in Lake View"), this specific bit of reasoning is particularly poorly-reasoned. Two things can be true: north-side Chicago can be crime ridden compared to other places and also it can have less crime than South-Side Chicago. The latter doesn't refute the former.