(Old post, in blog time, but here was my comment, which was not to belittle the fact that the key victim in this real life drama suffered the crime of identity theft, all too easy these days as I know, because I too have been a victim, no, my point was basically to ask: if the prime suspects had not been black, would their photos have been posted to the blog? Here are the most important links (1)(2)(3) to this ultimately meaningless cyber-tale, IMHO, and here's what I came late to the party and said, with amendment(*):

"Wow, it's true: whatever you say on the Net never dies ... even comments lost years ago in a computer crash.

"Race and blogging, blogging and race. You know what George, as far as black people and blogging goes, it is a situation very similar to the Ralph Ellison novel "Invisible Man": only noticed when something goes wrong (i.e. a purse gets snatched, some Scarett O'Hara type gets wilded.) A less creatively-minded individual might say, well, if that's the way it is, then it's the same way in cyberspace as it is in the real world. I am that less creatively-minded individual. Perhaps blogs, and the way they are used, viewed, and treated, form a microcosm of the real world in a sense: by and large, most ethnic groups don't voluntarily co-mingle, so why should we expect that online?

It's a jaded ideal, but I still think that actions speak louder than words. When someone blogs something -- like about their alleged purse snatchers, because, correct me if I'm wrong but in America you're innocent until proven guilty(*) -- to me it's what someone chooses to blog in the first place that reveals a whole lot more than their actual words, or pictures..."

I mean, I just don't buy that this person's motives for posting the photos is that she wants to stop identity theft. It seems more like she's (realistically and understandably) hurt by her perps and she's striking out at them, which, again, is realistic and understandable, but also revealing. « 8:13:21 PM »    

(In the eyes of the law, you really are what you eat.)

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