Word: lenard
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Bias crimes, however, one of the most obvious expressions of racism, are still a fact of teen life. According to Justice Department statistics, the number of hate crimes reported nationwide rose 10% from 1995 to 1996 (the jump could be due to better reporting). In Chicago black youngster Lenard Clark, 13, was beaten into a coma in March, allegedly by a group of white teens. "This is not about race," argues Tommy, 23, a white resident of Bridgeport, the neighborhood where Clark's beating took place. "A lot of times it's about territory. If we fight with black guys...
...evening of March 21, most of us had just begun our retreat from academics and settled into the routine of relaxation we hope for on spring break. On that same evening, however, Lenard Clark, a 13-year-old black boy, was savagely beaten and left for dead in an alley...
Like many, I was painted and shaken when I heard the news that Lenard was beaten nearly to death by three white teens in Chicago--but I was not terribly surprised. Appalling as this merciless act of brutality was, it is one among many that points to the chilling fact that racism in America is alive and well...
...dehumanizing practice of legalized segregation is gone, but the de facto segregation of the American community persists. In fact, the reason the three white teens beat Lenard Clark is that he had transgressed the bounds of tacit segregation that many whites in Bridgeport are trying to enforce. After carrying out their enforcement they boasted of having "taken care of the niggers." Tragically, it has been 34 years since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. articulated his dream: instead of little black boys holding hands with little white boys, the latter are still beating the former. It was not so long...
That ghetto is what Reggie Miller's family moved up from when they came to Bridgeport. It is what Lenard Clark may return to, if and when he recovers from the treatment he received in Bridgeport. And it is what most terrifies those who terrorize others--not only within Bridgeport but throughout Chicago and in other parts of the country as well. "That's part of the tragedy of this event," declares Pacyga. "This isn't a Bridgeport problem. It's an American problem. And if we don't solve these problems on the South Side of Chicago...