re kyle k on rodney king in article apr midway uchicago edu thf midway uchicago edu writes in article c peay m news cso uiuc edu kkopp uxh cso uiuc edu koppenhoefer kyle cramm writes thf kimbark uchicago edu ted frank writes in article c lp y fdk news cso uiuc edu kkopp uxh cso uiuc edu koppenhoef er kyle cramm writes how about the fact that you have a bunch of cops putting their lives on the line day in and day out who are afraid as hell of a large black guy tha t took a large amount of punishment and refused submit i m curious why you think that particular adjective is important black is a descriptive adjective that describes mr king from many of the newspaper radio and tv news reports i have seen this adjective is commonly in front of his name i have never seen anyone complain about the use of this adjective when used in a benign manner i did not say that mr king was a no good black i do not know mr king and would not make this ascertian without some evidence to this effect i used it purely as a descriptive adjective in the same manner than many most news people have used it in the past no one is questioning whether mr king is black the question arises whether king s race should make police officers afraid as hell your statement seems to imply that cops should have a different standard for large black guys than for just large guys in general the original poster never said they were afraid of king because he was black in fact the officers were afraid of king because of what he did not because of the color of his skin it is you mr frank that read the phrase large black man and cried racism in a typical knee jerk fashion when you and others i suspect can get past this problem maybe the real problems in this issue can be discussed that two posts later you don t understand why anyone pointed out your use of the adjective is almost as informative as your original use ted frank thf kimbark uchicago edu i m sorry the card says moops the u of c law school standard disclaimers jsl
