Minneapolis, MN - Members of the Black Student Association and other African American groups at the University of Minnesota are requesting that the crime alerts on campus no longer identify the racial background of suspects. A spokesperson said, “The repeated black, black, black suspect...And what that does it really discomforts the mental and physical comfort for students on campus because they feel like suspicions begin to increase.”
"They feel like suspicions begin to increase." And rightfully so. I found this story funny for a few reasons. African American groups want campus crime alerts to include a description of a suspect without including race. What they don't realize is that if this is taken seriously, it will backfire as students will assume EVERY crime was committed by an African American. Stereotypes exist for a reason and refusing to fully inform the public about a criminal's description only puts more people in danger. I guess addressing the epidemic of black crime on campus is too difficult, so it's better to have people suspicious of everyone instead of the actually dangerous suspect. That's logic that only Obama could understand.
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