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How the Mainstream Media Reports Iyanna Washington's Hate Crimes

In this video, a young African American male attacks an elderly white man. You can hear Iyanna Washington make several racist comments including referring to the near-septuagenarian as "pinky" (slang for a white person), and encouraging the younger man to "Beat his white ass." By now it should come as no surprise that the media has turned the attack on the elderly man into a discussion of race. As usual, white people are to blame: A fight on an Oakland bus that appeared to be racially tinged started because of an elderly white man's remark about shoe-shining, according to a local college student who filmed the incident. Two men - a bearded white man who said he was 67 years old and a younger black man - can be seen on the video arguing on the transit bus Monday afternoon...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).