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> The communities that hand-wring the most about predators and risks to children tend to be middle class, suburban, and white.

Racist much? Have any receipts to back that up? I live in a predominantly Asian neighborhood and it turns out they like living in a safe area too. Weird, huh?

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Human beings, as a rule, like safety.

And you're reading too much into the white part: the history of middle class suburbia is the history of America's white middle class, which is in turn more or less the history of America's race politics. It's not a particularly searing or piecing observation on my part.

> It's not a particularly searing or piecing observation on my part.

No, just racist.

This is an attested piece of American history. I don't know what makes it racist, unless using the word "white" taints it for you.

It does, I believe they believe in reverse racism too. HN crowd isn't the best place for intelligent discussion beyond the weekly jq/sql/crypto/mobile apps as a business. And even then, most of the riff raff makes really stupid comments.

The term “reverse racism“ is nonsensical. Judging people based solely on immutable racial characteristics is racism.

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