Robbery Not a Good Response To Racism

When someone makes racist statements, I find that it’s helpful to take them aside and ask if they really meant to judge someone by their skin color. And is that fair to the person inside, the real, hurting person that you just insulted for no reason other than the color of the protective layer of skin coating their body? And what if someone did the same to you? How would you feel? Wouldn’t it hurt your heart a little bit, just like the time you stapled your finger to a handout at the office, but instead of your finger it was your soul that got injured, and the stapler was an insult?↵↵Then, after this sensitive conversation, I usually break into their house and rob them. Of course, unlike Cal’s football players, I make very sure to check and double-check names and addresses, unlike the football players who robbed the wrong dude after a member of the men’s crew team made racist comments about them.↵

↵↵⇥Police said the incident apparently was prompted by racist comments made at a party by a drunken member of the men’s crew team; the rower has since been suspended from the team. An African-American athlete at the party was offended by the comments, police said, which led to the robbery as retaliation.↵↵That’s Gary Doxy, former Cal football player booted off the team this summer, and fullback R.J. Garrett (pictured) who was removed from the team once the investigation became known to the Cal football staff. Both face robbery and attempted robbery charges for the break in, though Garrett faces special additional bonus charges for possessing a stolen gun unrelated to the robbery. Remember: always check addresses, and try not to break any windows -- you’ll find the second story windows, if you can get to them, are almost always unlocked. (See! All that It Takes A Thief watching paid off in the end.)↵