Utterly despicable is what anyone with any sense of morality, justice, goodness, integrity , or equality will call it.
If we are going to come down hard on racial attacks (and we should do that) let's do it for ALL racial attacks.
White victim of racial attack dies
Hatred and violence against anyone because of the immutable characteristics, race or gender or appearance, is considered a hate crime technically only the violence would constitute a hate crime — just hating them but not committing violence wouldn't . Violent hate crimes usually get broad coverage in the media. This one didn't, because he's a middle-aged white male.
Jerry Wolkowitz was brutally attacked in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Freehold, according to police. He was attacked from behind, struck in the head and face and received horrendous injuries. The suspect then stole his car and ran him over with it, police said. Jamil Hubbard, 25 was later arrested at his house in Sayreville, where police found Wolkowitz' car.
Investigators determined Hubbard, who is black, attacked the victim because of his race — and only because of his race. The two didn't know each other, police say. This happened back in May and almost no attention was paid to this horrendous story. Sadly, Jerry Wolkowitz died this week from his injuries, after almost 6 months in a vegetative state.
Hate crimes of this nature would usually receive widespread and continuing coverage. This story went largely ignored by most of the media. Imagine if this hate crime were perpetrated on any other category of human being in our society — a gay person, a member of a religious group, a person of color, an immigrant or a woman of any color. And imagine the suspect was white.
Do you think this story would have gotten broad coverage?
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If we are going to come down hard on racial attacks (and we should do that) let's do it for ALL racial attacks.
White victim of racial attack dies
Hatred and violence against anyone because of the immutable characteristics, race or gender or appearance, is considered a hate crime technically only the violence would constitute a hate crime — just hating them but not committing violence wouldn't . Violent hate crimes usually get broad coverage in the media. This one didn't, because he's a middle-aged white male.
Jerry Wolkowitz was brutally attacked in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Freehold, according to police. He was attacked from behind, struck in the head and face and received horrendous injuries. The suspect then stole his car and ran him over with it, police said. Jamil Hubbard, 25 was later arrested at his house in Sayreville, where police found Wolkowitz' car.
Investigators determined Hubbard, who is black, attacked the victim because of his race — and only because of his race. The two didn't know each other, police say. This happened back in May and almost no attention was paid to this horrendous story. Sadly, Jerry Wolkowitz died this week from his injuries, after almost 6 months in a vegetative state.
Hate crimes of this nature would usually receive widespread and continuing coverage. This story went largely ignored by most of the media. Imagine if this hate crime were perpetrated on any other category of human being in our society — a gay person, a member of a religious group, a person of color, an immigrant or a woman of any color. And imagine the suspect was white.
Do you think this story would have gotten broad coverage?
Read More: White victim of racial attack dies — Where's the outrage? | https://nj1015.com/racial-attack-victim-dies-wheres-the-outrage/?trackback=fbshare_mobile_top&fbclid=IwAR2vP8kU04x5I1XunBQlzKCHeQXbLeVk8co8FY-BwUmg6Pc3w4zonOXCpGE&utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
