While only [Todd Jeremy Christian, a 45-year-old with an Austin address] was arrested, video evidence shows at least eight people were involved in the apparent assault on the group of family and friends. Of those eight, the Observer and Bellingcat have identified five—including Christian—as members or supporters of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT), a white supremacist prison gang founded in the 1980s that is unrelated to the original Aryan Brotherhood.
Caldwell County District Attorney Fred Weber told the Observer that the “incident and circumstances leading up to the assault remain under investigation” and that “if warranted by the evidence additional charges may be filed.” Weber said he could not comment on whether additional suspects beyond Christian had been identified.
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Having “mixed-race” (I honestly hate that term) kids, this is one of the things that I worry about living in the part of the South that I live in. They are still babies, but I worry about putting them in public school when it comes time. The direction that the country is going and the fact that people like this are so emboldened now is absolutely terrifying.
Edit: Was tired. Misspelled a word.
i like japan’s “double race” interpretation instead
I just don’t like the concept of race at all. We are all human, full stop. The concept is useful in understanding the realities of the world we live in with regard to how people are treated based on the concept, and it’s useful for working to fix/mitigate the damage to individuals and groups based on it. Other than that it is make believe and only serves to separate us based on make believe stereotypes.
Edit: I read about “double race” on Wikipedia, and if I understand it correctly, it has more to do with culture than with race in concept, but I still have reservations about splitting people up into broad categories and viewing that as an absolute.
BTW, I’ve been to Japan many times and they are not wholly welcome to outsiders, so I don’t know that I would base anything on that part of their system.
It’s an outdated concept that seeks to divide us. It made sense to catalogue race back in 1234 AD when we were sure that the Irish and the English were totally different species, but we aren’t cavemen anymore we have functioning brain stems now.
Looks at the fact Trump was elected one time and it may happen again
Okay, some of us… Remembers Trump never came close to the popular vote and the Electoral College is a form of voter supression
MOST of us have brain stems.
I’m surprised they used the term “Mixed-Race”, isn’t the proper term “Interracial” or something? Mixed-Race just makes me think of the term “Race Mixing” which is one of the louder dog whistles you hear Nazis using.