Pa. student's article puts officer on desk duty
By Kia Gregory
Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia police officer has been put on desk duty after he was quoted spouting his disgust for the black residents in the community he patrolled.
During a ride-along with a Temple University senior journalism student, the officer, William Thrasher, who is white, was quoted as calling the residents of the predominantly black 22d District "animals" and the violence that happens there "typical n- s-" or "TNS."
Student's article leads to desk duty for officer
By Kia Gregory
Inquirer Staff Writer
McDonald quoted Thrasher on tensions in the community between police and residents, with Thrasher saying: "People hate us here. They spit at us."
At one point during a three-hour, midday patrol-car ride together in January, Thrasher reportedly pointed out recent homicide scenes, three of which involved multiple gunshots.
"People in this neighborhood don't care about each other," Thrasher was quoted as saying. "They'll shoot each other for drugs, for money, for bulls-. All they care about is their reputation. They want to look tough."
After Thrasher responded to a call about an argument, he reportedly dismissed the incident to his lieutenant as "TNS. Typical n- s-."
At another scene, where a man was shot in the back of the head by his daughter's boyfriend, Thrasher said: "These people are . . . disgusting. It's like they're animals."
アメリカの警官。学生新聞の記者がアメリカの警官の活動を取材。黒人が多く住む街でのパトロールに同行して警官の発言を記事に載せたら、あまりにも人種差別的発言が多く、市民の安全を守るべき警官にあるまじき言動であるとして、デスクワークに転職。
で、
「こいつら俺ら（警官）を憎んで居るんだ。やつらおれらに唾かけるんだ。」
「ここいいらのやつは他人のことなんてどうでもいいとおもっているんだ。麻薬や、金やくだらんことで殺し合っているのさ。見栄のためだけに生きている、強がっていたいだけなのさ」
「こうした事件はTPNさ」
TPNってなにさ、と調べてみると辞書には、ないで、、これかもしれな。。因みに、stench
Racism among cops as a symptom of burn out
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 4:08 pm. Filed under: Behavioral Health
By: Maiken Scot
心理学者は警官の仕事が忙しすぎて燃え尽き症候群でこうなる、と説明している。
関連記事 アメリカの警官やっぱめちゃこわ
おまけ、
新聞の読者からの意見欄
Letters to the Editor
- Idaho Statesman
Published: 04/03/09
DISCRIMINATION
We're still far from fulfilling King's dream
I recently was in one of our local grocery stores and saw an advertisement for a scholarship competition. Upon reading the advertisement, I was offended and angered by the rules for the scholarship. You have to be African-American to apply. My wife is of Latin descent, and she too was offended. It offends me because if there was a company who put out a scholarship just for white students, the ACLU and the NAACP would be in court within a week. Where are these organizations when the discrimination goes the other way?
When President Obama was inaugurated, everyone on television was talking about the fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream. We are still very far from that dream. While there are scholarships that are only for specific minorities and lawsuits if there is one for white students, his dream is still a long way off. I want that dream fulfilled, too, but until everyone stops calling attention to the color of their skin, we will never reach the dream.
Prejudice is prejudice, discrimination is discrimination, and racism is racism. We can end it, but we all have to end it, not just people who look like me.
JOSHUA BLESSINGER, Boise
SCHOOL BULLIES
Changing schools was the right choice for us
Male educators should learn how girls bully. Feeling good about making someone feel bad is a form of bullying. Our daughter was persistently targeted by a group of girls who wanted to push her out. The principal assured her that they would lose interest if she would ignore them. The abuse escalated. While she played alone, three girls assaulted her and tried to throw her down. We became concerned about her safety and sought legal advice.
When I told a former teacher of our decision to transfer her, she said, "It's the best thing you ever did for her. ... I didn't agree with the way problems with the girls were handled."
During her senior year, she received solicitation letters from MIT and West Point. Her counselor considered her to be a promising candidate for Harvard. Wellesley College was her choice. The faculty there called her their "teacher extraordinaire" and urged her to return to teach at Wellesley.
When asked if she regretted transferring in fifth grade, she said, "Had I stayed at that school, I would never have had the confidence to do anything."
Seemingly innocuous bullying can affect a child profoundly.
CATHERINE AND JOHN MUTCH, Boise
最初の記事は逆差別である。黒人だけスカラーシップをもらえるのはおかしい、という。白人でもラティーノでも困った人たちはいる。必要性からは同じだろう。難しい問題である。日系ブラジル人家族以外にも今回の不況で困っているひとはいる、なぜ、日系ブラジル人だけが、得をするのか？という問題も類例であろう。
で、次の記事は、学校での虐め。学校の先生は女の子の陰湿な虐めに注意を向けるべきだ、というもの。
なぜか、虐めは日本に特有だと思っている一部外人さんもいるようであるが、しかし、例えば、アメリカでもOdd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girlsなどの良書があり、それが翻訳されているところをみても、日本の専売特許ではあるまい。
日本ユニーク論をぶちかます日本人もいるのかもしれんが、外人にもこの手の日本人＝他者、異教徒などなどと、不当な特殊論、共通なところと違うところをはき違えた輩は多い。
まあ、いいか。
Lessons from a junior high school
By KEVIN GAFFNEY
Mobara, Chiba
これも新聞への読者の投稿、センセの糞記事を指示する在日外人。
学校で生徒のガキンチョにいじめられて日本人の先生は警官をよんでもらえたが、外人の場合は呼んでもらえない。
It Is Not All Good Times and Screwing Off
It seems that along with baseball and soft tennis, the most popular club at this school was foreign-teacher beating, yet nothing was ever done. Do the good people of Japan really want their junior high students graduating with the lesson that violence is fine, as long as it is directed at non-Japanese?
日本では野球部やテニスクラブなどと同様外人たたき部でもあるんですかねええ。
本格的人種カードを使い始めた外人が増えてきたのかね。無能な教師を外国からよんで、どうしようってのか、日本は？
もっとも、こっちは立派な在日外国人
It Is Not All Good Times and Screwing Off（ghost letters)
I have noticed that there are many people who come to work in Japan and treat it like a damn summer camp or something. They tend to not take their job very serious at all. What they forget it that the company they work for is trying to turn a profit and maintain a successful business. When people treat their job like a fucking summer camp get-a-away, all they are doing is getting in the way of some very serious business. While, this does not apply to everyone, there seems to be a large number of lazy jerk-offs who make very little attempt to do their job well. Why would a person come all the way to Japan to work and treat their job like a damn day at a candy store?
From within my own company I am half-tempted to burn some people a new ass for this kind of shit. It is going to become necessary very quickly to weed out the fuck-offs. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I am quickly realizing that maybe some of them do not deserve to be given any wiggle room. What is so hard about coming to work everyday and trying to do your best? Is this really a struggle for some people? There seems to be something about Japan which makes some of my fellow gaijin not give a damn about their job.
日本に来ている外人の中には夏のキャンプにでもきているような気分でやっている奴らがいるが、ふざけるな、と。で、ご自身は自身が手本になってそう言う人たちの範をしめしている、と。
偉い！！！
こういう外国人は歓迎だ。アメリカはウエストバージニア出身。在日外国人と言ってもセンセのところに集まるようなモンスター外人とこうした立派な在日外国人を区別しなければ、やはり、こうした人々に失礼である。
で、コメント欄
While there is no real upward mobility in my job, hence some people's excuses to give it much effort, I do 110%. Not only because I earn my $$, but because I take pride in doing a good job. The students are paying for lessons after all, how would you feel on the opposite end if your teacher was such a shmuck?
I meet plenty of these types in my company too dude.
出世がないから、たいしてやらない人もいるけど、自分は自分の仕事に十二分に努力している。たしかに、こうしたタイプの外人は多い、と。
この方も偉い。
こういう方々は外国人の手本になるのみならず、日本人も見習うべき範になるだろう。
