Word: disrespectfulness
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...argues Tommy, 23, a white resident of Bridgeport, the neighborhood where Clark's beating took place. "A lot of times it's about territory. If we fight with black guys, we're called racists. But that's not true. If you're from a different race and you show disrespect, we're going to straighten you out." Says Tommy's friend Kevin, 18, who is also white: "Half of them over there [blacks], they got better cars than we do. And they don't even have jobs. They got free rent, and their grocery bills paid. You know something...
...classic leading-man kind of way." His simple request: "Just let me be the guy here." A real guy, taking the anecdotes Richmond relates as sign-posts, drives a motorcycle and/or a black car with leather interior, alternates between cursing and punching people who "disrespect" him or any of his "boys," does 180s on busy Los Angeles streets during the day. And he does it, Clooney explained, because it is "guy shit." And George can get away with it because he has this "ingratiating self-assurance...
...concerned by the level of disrespect shown for dissenting opinions and particularly offensive is the use of the word 'Nazi,'" he said...
...quickly made Central Connecticut pay for its disrespect, taking second on a passed ball and then scoring the game's first run on a throwing error after a bunt single by junior Jenny Franzese. Later in the inning sophomore catcher Terri Teller scored the Crimson's second run on an RBI-single up the middle by Kreuder...
...second justification offered is that the terms and mascots really are inoffensive. This is one of the most disturbing aspects of the ongoing debate because it merely serves to continue the condescension and disrespect endured by all people of color. This paternalistic attitude has at its roots the idea that "You people don't know what you're talking about," and the further insult, "You do not even know your own emotions...