World gone mad: Philadelphia considers banning bulletproof glass because it’s racist

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CosmicSex said:

Living in Philadelphia I can tell you that what she is touching on is class separation in the city. In Philadelphia, She is right, there should not be a situation where you go into a neighborhood and severed differently based on the racial demographic of the neighborhood. We are not criminals. I would, pay all my bills and expect to be treated like a person. Not like a criminal getting papers through 3 sheets of bullet proof glass. Its crazy on the faze of it. I live in a decent neighborhood. All of our households make 100k+ a year easily.. The very makeup of the individuals here has prompted a huge overreation in stores and shops. Its weird.

No one is attacking white people and not everything is about white men. Please stop. We are saying that we don't like how we are being treated in our neighborhood and that is what she is responding to. The city is obligated to make sure these neighborhoods are safe and our police for is responsive. You are at no more risk around us than anywhere else because of your preconceived notions of us.   The stores are just as safe here as anywhere with less black people.

Please don't internationalize this as some sort of attack against you. Believe me when I say this largely doesn't affect white store owners so really this isn't an anti white thing. Just listen.  A lot are you are offended for no reason.  

CosmicSex, yes at least some of us here read what you had to say and I appreciate your perspective / insight.  At least you live there.  I still think that something like this should be up to the store owner though.  If you and yours(i.e. all the people in your area) don't like it then you should vote with your wallets.

Jumpin said:
I don’t see the connection between glass and race.

The real story here is that this goes to show how insane and violent the US actually is. That they actually need to have bulletproof glass everywhere speaks volumes to how much more dangerous that country is.

Jumpin see above.  Also as someone else pointed out bullet proof glass is not all that common although I have seen it in good and bad area's.  Sometimes it's use comes down to company policy.

 

 

On a side note the bill should have a provision that if the stores that have to remove the glass get robbed , say three times in a set period the city should have to pay for the glass removal and to replace the safety glass (better yet her and anyone that voted yes).  It would be nice if they were also liable if someone got shot behind the counter after the glass was removed.  <- someone pick this apart I really didn't think much about it...