Post by krazeeboi on Jul 24, 2009 18:55:45 GMT -5
Anybody else sick of hearing about this? For those who don't know, read about it here: www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/harvard.html
Here are my thoughts on it: the police were just doing their job when they went to Gates' home to investigate. And naturally, Gates was quite upset for being investigated for just entering his own home, and when you throw the race factor in, it gets stickier still. I think both parties overreacted to a certain extent, and that's how things got out of control. But I'm curious about the woman who called the police, who has been strangely silent during all the hoopla. She must know that her neighbor is a Black man. Was it the case that all she saw was a random Black man attempting to force his way into a home? Or did it simply not look like the man she knows as her neighbor? What was HER train of thought, and what caused her to call the police? I think those are pertinent questions here.
Here are my thoughts on it: the police were just doing their job when they went to Gates' home to investigate. And naturally, Gates was quite upset for being investigated for just entering his own home, and when you throw the race factor in, it gets stickier still. I think both parties overreacted to a certain extent, and that's how things got out of control. But I'm curious about the woman who called the police, who has been strangely silent during all the hoopla. She must know that her neighbor is a Black man. Was it the case that all she saw was a random Black man attempting to force his way into a home? Or did it simply not look like the man she knows as her neighbor? What was HER train of thought, and what caused her to call the police? I think those are pertinent questions here.
