So these little racists get off the train in West Roxbury

If she posted it on Facebook, it must be true.

This story reeks of bullshit.

So, I don't disbelieve you at all - I can also remember an incident similar to this in front of Brighams (maybe it was Yoohoos or w/e at that point) on Centre St, where a group of kids harassed my friend (who is Asian) and I when we walked out with similar slurs. We almost kicked their asses, but, being across from the police station, a cop rolled up pretty quickly and sent everyone on their (not so merry) ways. At the time, I figured they were CM kids.

However, what I don't agree with is assuming they were Latin school kids. Assuming they are, though, what does it honestly matter? It was after hours and nowhere near the school. The headline just seems to place BLS at fault here, and I think that is unfair - no school can police students outside of school/school hours, or be held responsible for the actions of little shits like these. If anything, its the parents of these kids that should be called out.

That said, the kids in questions, if identified, should have their parents' notified (although I have a feeling that the parents might not exactly care that much behind closed doors), and, If they are BLS students, the head master should also be notified and their racist asses should be "asked to leave". I feel this would be a pretty simple and agreeable solution/punishment if they do go to BLS.

I have yet to read here any defense of the white students. The closest you get is the claim that it was an invented story, which is a bit different than trying to spin "this is a white neighborhood" into something silly. If the claim is that there was in fact no situation to begin with, there would be no defense of the kids. The kids, in this view, don't even exist. The second circle you could be upset with is the note that there is no way to prove that these are BLS kids, that they could be CM, Roxbury Latin, Holy Name/St. Theresa or kids from some other school. That's not really a defense of the actions, just the attempt to separate this from what is going on on Avenue Louis Pasteur.

I'm not in either camp, but I can read, and that is a summary of what most of the people you are griping about wrote. I think Adam can smell a liar, so it is most likely true, and it is probably BLS kids, but there is a chance that they are not.

...when I add this awful incident to other recent West Roxbury high school incidents I start to wonder if it's West Roxbury rather than BLS that has a racial issue in this instance. (*ducks*)

Yea, this blog has definitely declined in substance lately. Even some of his kind are neutral on this post giving it has ZERO credibility.

Your grammar and spelling never went up them.

Learn proper writing techniques and maybe people will pay more attention to what you have to say.

They don't actually haze or bully them, and there is nothing inherently offensive about calling them that. If anything, it's a bit of an endearment. Now I do think the term used for 9th grade entrants is a tad inappropriate, but even that probably falls in to a category similar to first world problems.

The point of the comment is that these kids don't think twice about shouting out this nonsense in West Roxbury as there are few, if any, people who'd directly call them out on it. There are tons of white people who nominally are anti-racist. They'll say stuff like "Well, I simply don't see color." and will be appalled by neo-Nazis and the KKK. But when it comes to looking in the mirror and at their friends and neighbors, they are suddenly all thumbs at dealing with racism; especially subtle forms of it.

At least on Humboldt Avenue the very possibility of getting disapproving looks, cold stares and public scoldings would probably keep these kids in check.