Article: Different cases help explain meaning of 'systemic racism'

Leonard Pitts

Different cases help explain meaning of 'systemic racism'

By LEONARD PITTS Miami Herald

Monday, June 23, 2003

A13-year-old girl was jumped in Cleveland last month. Last week, charges were filed against her alleged assailants -- all 18 of them.

According to authorities quoted in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the girl's heritage was the catalyst for the beating. She's white, and apparently some kids in Cleveland have a bizarre tradition that May 1 is Beat Up A White Kid day.

I'm not making this up. The unnamed girl is recuperating, and her accused attackers -- 12 girls, six boys, all black or Hispanic between the ages of 9 and 15 -- are facing charges of felonious assault, ...

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