Breaking the Gangsta Stereotype

Two Durham young men (alledged gang members) were arrested last Friday for a string of robberries and violent acts , including the shots that were fired at a city bus leaving Northgate Mall, last March.

What struck me as strange was that the sub headline reported that the reason for these acts of violence was "boredom."

http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/durham/4-960910.cfm

Now, I've followed the coverage of such acts for many years and rarely (if ever) have I seen "boredom" as the official cause of a shooting, robbery, etc. Usually, the stereotype is some black kid from a single family household in the 'hood who goes around shootin' people just to watch them die.

It was not until I saw the pictures of the "gangsta's" that I realized the reason for the "boredom" rationale.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3079504/


http://www.newsobserver.com/news/durham/durham/story/1115590.html


These were white kids committing those crimes...

So, I guess black kids are just born killers but white kids bang for boredom...