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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 7 years ago

Why arent "African Americans" the primary targets of getting hit in the "Knockout Game"?

Seems to be a popular game, but every time its on the news, its always a white, Asian or Hispanic person who is the target. Why is that?

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  • 7 years ago

    There have been a few instances where the victim was black but the perp was white in those instances.

    It is interesting that when it is a white person that did the attack in the knockout game against a black they are called racist but not the other way around.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Logic tells me that if this "game" has been played for several years by primarily black youths from primarily black neighborhoods, the victims have always been primarily black. It was just that nobody cared. Young people launching random attacks against strangers is nothing new. For example, I've heard of white supremacist gangs walking around looking for racial minorities to beat up, and if they couldn't find any beating up white people instead.

  • Pete
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    From the year 2000 to the year 2010, there were only about 940,000 Africans who immigrated to the USA. OH, are you talking about Americans with dark skin, or are you talking about AFRICAN Americans?

  • ?
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Because only wild monkeys play the knockout game,

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Because they are the perpetrators, duh. I wish they would become the targets. I used to be such a softie, never wanting the innocent to be punished with the guilty. Well if it's okay with society for it to happen to whites, just because they are white, let it happen to ALL. FIGHT BACK DAMN IT!

    Yeah, an Asian or hispanic here and there. But whites are the primary targets. We all KNOW that.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    "If" The knock-out game becomes real,.. You can Blame sensationalist news media that created it,. similar to Sean 0'hanities New Black Panthers.

    Damned you Suckers believe anything.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    because African Americans are not portrayed as "weak or easy game" like the other ethnicity

  • 7 years ago

    Because your news sources know how to get you to watch, and you guys just loooove some racial tension.

    "Man Punches Man Outside Bar!" isn't going to get any traffic.

    "Black thug assaults white!" is going to have you and your friends talking for a week.

  • 7 years ago

    Not a popular game, no. How many documented incidents? One? Two maybe? Not enough data to form conclusions.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Because Racism has no Place in the US anymore.

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