The saddest part of this all is none of you actually know this area in Aurora, CO to say that’s a white community. It’s not, it really isn’t. When I read that you thought Century 16 was a white community I literally laughed out loud. My family and I specifically do NOT go to this theater because of how “black” it is. That is my local theater and one thing it’s known for is how many police are ALWAYS there.I think that was the only night that many white people were at Century… White people love their Batman. This got attention from the news because some crazy deranged man made an act of well plotted events, you honestly think that had this occurred somewhere else it wouldn’t have gotten any attention?
I was thinking the same thing it is clear the author didn’t do her due diligence prior to writing this story if she were to describe Aurora as a white community. When any Coloradan hears Aurora white is perhaps the last adjective that comes to mind.
It is so shameful and pathetic that people have to one up tragedies and speculate about media coverage. It is also more telling of the Chicago community that enables daily violence, that makes it a blip. What are the people doing to affect change around them? If residents have become passive in their environments riddled with violence what compels me to care?
I only deal in the truth and I’m going to put this out there. Do we care when violence only occurs when it’s white against black? It seems that it’s the only time that we are the most vocal and most active while ignoring the problem as it destroys many of our communities and destroys families and innocent children. What happen in Aurora was horrible and outright evil, and what’s happening in our communities is the same thing. Wake up and stop whining about everything and take action to change the reality.
I get it, black violence gets very little press time and the numbers are astounding. But I don’t know, I just feel uncomfortable with this essay. Pitting one tragedy against another doesn’t sit right with me. Loss is loss. Minimizing the tragedy in Aurora or brandishing black sorrow to score race points just feels icky to me. Ordinarily I am very much in the corner of the black community, but I feel like throwing in Aurora into the mix as evidence of racism – I don’t know, I just can’t jump on that bandwagon.
I think in an effort to appeal to your Black leadership, you’ve mis-stepped with this article, Clutch. Your argument is misplaced and misguided, given the circumstances.
Aurora, CO actually is not a white community…at all. When the shooting happened in Aurora, people here in Colorado weren’t surprised at first because everyone thought that is was gang violence because Aurora is considered to be “ghetto”. I agree that media typically cares only about what happens in white communities, but, I thought that I would clarify that Aurora actually isn’t a white community at all.
The saddest part of this all is none of you actually know this area in Aurora, CO to say that’s a white community. It’s not, it really isn’t. When I read that you thought Century 16 was a white community I literally laughed out loud. My family and I specifically do NOT go to this theater because of how “black” it is. That is my local theater and one thing it’s known for is how many police are ALWAYS there.I think that was the only night that many white people were at Century… White people love their Batman. This got attention from the news because some crazy deranged man made an act of well plotted events, you honestly think that had this occurred somewhere else it wouldn’t have gotten any attention?
I was thinking the same thing it is clear the author didn’t do her due diligence prior to writing this story if she were to describe Aurora as a white community. When any Coloradan hears Aurora white is perhaps the last adjective that comes to mind.
It is so shameful and pathetic that people have to one up tragedies and speculate about media coverage. It is also more telling of the Chicago community that enables daily violence, that makes it a blip. What are the people doing to affect change around them? If residents have become passive in their environments riddled with violence what compels me to care?
I only deal in the truth and I’m going to put this out there. Do we care when violence only occurs when it’s white against black? It seems that it’s the only time that we are the most vocal and most active while ignoring the problem as it destroys many of our communities and destroys families and innocent children. What happen in Aurora was horrible and outright evil, and what’s happening in our communities is the same thing. Wake up and stop whining about everything and take action to change the reality.
I get it, black violence gets very little press time and the numbers are astounding. But I don’t know, I just feel uncomfortable with this essay. Pitting one tragedy against another doesn’t sit right with me. Loss is loss. Minimizing the tragedy in Aurora or brandishing black sorrow to score race points just feels icky to me. Ordinarily I am very much in the corner of the black community, but I feel like throwing in Aurora into the mix as evidence of racism – I don’t know, I just can’t jump on that bandwagon.
I think in an effort to appeal to your Black leadership, you’ve mis-stepped with this article, Clutch. Your argument is misplaced and misguided, given the circumstances.
Aurora, CO actually is not a white community…at all. When the shooting happened in Aurora, people here in Colorado weren’t surprised at first because everyone thought that is was gang violence because Aurora is considered to be “ghetto”. I agree that media typically cares only about what happens in white communities, but, I thought that I would clarify that Aurora actually isn’t a white community at all.