tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585668860753081421.post3726499708635966156..comments2024-03-12T08:12:41.370-04:00Comments on Supergay Detroit: Racism on ParadeSupergay Detroithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169189092634498259noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585668860753081421.post-44916804094692725182008-04-03T12:45:00.000-04:002008-04-03T12:45:00.000-04:00I love how you phrased that--saying "secret white ...I love how you phrased that--saying "secret white people things." It's so true, too. I also had a similar experience on Opening Day, and it certainly did not escape me that the crowds were (a) HEAVILY intoxicated, and (b) white as all white can white. <BR/><BR/>A friend I was with commented that baseball season is great because it brings a heavy influx of business to the city (as you also noted) and I *think* he also said something about increased safety, which prompted me to repeat a conversation I had with a bartender at [Proof] about how the baseball crowds actually create the most violence, the most destruction, and the most intolerance out of any other single group of people year-round.<BR/><BR/>The moral of the story: a white alpha male pumped up on hops and barley who is either (a) way too excited about his team's victory, or (b) way too upset over their loss is NOT the best kind of clientele to be courting, and everyone must be a bit more on guard than they would be than, say, when passing a lone black dude on the street.<BR/><BR/>I'll likely reiterate some of this on my own blog at a later date, but thanks for being the first.D-Taleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800592543376890264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585668860753081421.post-87469482791451872742008-04-03T10:39:00.000-04:002008-04-03T10:39:00.000-04:00Not surprising really. In an area with such a dive...Not surprising really. In an area with such a diverse population (though everyone seems to self-segregate) I've heard people say things like that in Metro Detroit way more times in my life than I care to remember. I always wondered how an area that has (or had?) one of the major cities, and economic engines, in the country could be so ass-backward. Perhaps that's why I left?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com