Are There Really No Black School Shooters?
As Dr. Helen writes, “Not according to Van Jones”:
[T]he Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality…states that only white kids shoot up suburban schools:
“You’ve never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, ‘We can’t believe it happened here. We can’t believe it’s these suburban white kids.’ It’s only them. Now, a black kid might shoot another black kid. He’s not going to shoot up the whole school.”
I guess Van Jones never heard of Nicholas Elliot. But I have. During my research for my book on school shootings, The Scarred Heart: Understanding and Identifying Kids Who Kill,
I described Elliot’s case. He was a black sixteen year old male who attended a Christian Academy. He was quite shy and taunted and teased by classmates. On December 16, 1988, Nicholas came to school with a semiautomatic pistol and two hundred rounds of ammunition and entered a classroom. He opened fire, killing one teacher and wounding another. Luckily, his gun jammed before he could accomplish a bigger mass shooting. At his trial, the psychiatrist who evaluated Nicholas testified that was a “pressure cooker” who was unable to express his feelings and exploded after being tortured by classmates.
Maybe next time Jones opens his mouth, he should try to get his facts straight. But then, what can we expect from someone who thought 9/11 was an inside job?
And as Glenn Reynolds adds, there were also the infamous DC snipers from 2002.
How tenuous is Jones’ position right now? Found via Ace, CBS produced a surprisingly negative report about him. (At least surprising in that it’s coming from Walter, Dan and Katie’s network.)
Well, white kids and Christians. You can see why he overlooked that.
Perhaps someone should point out the ‘whitey’ does not burn his neighborhood down or engage in widespread anarchy over an arrest or perceived mistreatment.
The only thing missing are the ‘green’ sickle and star. Why is the cover on both of my copies of the Qur’an green?
Um, do we give a pass to the “drive-bys” at or near schools? From my 15 years in range of the Detroit news bubble, I would say that once a month would be about average for the Detroit inner city. You’re telling me that ALL those shooters were white boys, Mr. Jones?
One shooting.. By a black kid. To be honest, as bad as some of the schools are in the inner city there should be more shootings.
Two things. Mr.Jones statement seems to be about despite all the positives about surburban schools, violence still occurs, and second, how everybody states ” I can’t believe it happens here” after the shooting occurs. Like it is suppose to happen somewhere eles.
Finally, regradless of the color, any shooting of children is esp senseless. Please remember these are American citizans getting killed, doing nothing wrong except going to school. And rather in its Columbine or inner city Detroit, it is still senseless. So please moderator, avoid the color schemes and focus on the victims. I am sure where they are now not one iota is mentioned about the color of their skin or the color who shot them.
Michael Spencer — It was Van Jones who brought up the “color scheme,” not the author of this piece.
Did you send Van Jones a copy of your post?
Anon, why are we caring. Can we leave children being shot in a school oout of partisan politics and said this first in 1981 and she said this in 1998, oh my goodness, he say black or she said white. My point is that the victims don’t care, God doesn’t care, and as a society we should care about the victims and their families and even the shooters family. Finally, blood spilled in inner city Detroit is the same color as blood spilled at Columbine. And it sickens my heart and soul, and coarse the public discourse and the healing process, when color is mentioned.
Michael,
I’m simply quoting Dr. Helen Smith. You might want to post your comment on her blog. But as news of Jones’ conspiratorial mindset continues to expand, I think the genie’s out of the bottle on this story. If you don’t want to discuss his racist/racialist views on school shootings, then there’s Jones’ trutherism. Or his communism. Or his attempt at getting TV hosts blacklisted/fired, etc.
Ed
Michael,
“And it sickens my heart and soul, and coarse the public discourse and the healing process, when color is mentioned.”
So are you angry or disappointed by Jones’ racism, which kicked off this discussion?
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5. michael spencer:
“Two things. Mr.Jones statement seems to be about despite all the positives about surburban schools, violence still occurs, and second, how everybody states ” I can’t believe it happens here” after the shooting occurs. Like it is suppose to happen somewhere eles.”
1. The shootings at predominately white schools are in fact rare though they make a big splash in the news.
2. Violence is far more prevalent at inner city schools
Van Jones is the racist and your beef should be with him
” Anon:
Michael Spencer — It was Van Jones who brought up the “color scheme,” not the author of this piece.
Did you send Van Jones a copy of your post?”
Of course not
Michael Spencer — So we should not discuss a social problem if the “blood spilled” is that of children?
And if someone such as Van Jones attempts to make political capital out of such a tragedy it should not be commented on anywhere? His assertions should go unchallenged?
Again, did you contact Van Jones and tell him your feelings?
Maybe this will be cathartic for that part of the black community that is stuck in a feedback loop. Seeing ones self disjointed by the reflection of video and news reports might just be the ticket to move the black people ahead and away from the race pimps. Thomas Sowell’s essay “Black Rednecks and White Liberals” is essential to understanding the conundrum of racism in the black community.
We will know that it has when the leaders of the “black community” start referring to President Obama as a white man.