Just what do they want????

I wrote a few days ago about the racism being displayed in a Dallas neighborhood -- blacks are picketing outside a Korean-American owned convenience store, blocking the path of customers and demanding that the Koreans leave their area.

February 11, the mayor had a big confab in Dallas with some black "leaders" and Asian-Americans. The blacks say that Italians, Indians, Arabs and other ethnicities have moved businesses into black communities to "steal opportunities" from them. As I recall the story, it was the black guy who was stealing from the store owner. I'd like to know exactly what "opportunities" the Korean is stealing. Just because he opened a store doesn't mean that a black person can't do likewise. In our small city, I must pass half a dozen or more convenience stores anytime I make a shopping trip. And they all seem to be doing quite well. And mind you, these black "leaders" are the same ones who gripe and complain because businesses don't locate in their areas because of the high crime rate and the slim possibility of the location being profitable.

So, if you do start a business there, you're stealing. If you don't start a business there, you're a racist. Just what, exactly, do these people want?

"Mayor tries to temper dispute." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2012; p. 1B.