Reply #56: Wow, you really are a great big pile of not getting it [View All]

[jgraz]

First off, I was talking about a black man being ignored by a cab. Where did I say high-crime neighborhood? Why did you immediately think "high-crime" when I said "black"?

Allow me to give you a few whacks with the clue stick: Cabs in Chicago don't even go into so-called high-crime neighborhoods. And black people don't have to be in so called high-crime (read: black) neighborhoods for cabs to pass them by. I've seen it happen in River North after a late dinner, or coming out of a show at the Steppenwolf.

It's just one of the many daily reminders that, still, so many people in this country can't see past skin color. And it's just one of the many reminders that black people get that they are, still, second-class citizens in this country.