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7/7/11 | WBEZ: Videotaped street attack divides Chicago's Boystown

posted Jul 7, 2011, 10:58 PM by Gende Jus

But others, like [Gender JUST Member] Joshua McCool, said shifting the blame to loiterers was a veiled attempt to scapegoat young, vulnerable minorities. “The idea that race is not part of this is ridiculous,” said McCool, a member of a grassroots organization for LGBTQ youth. [...] “Because obviously it's not just about being queer, because Boystown consists of queers, white queers, white men, middle class men. So this is a race issue.”

http://www.wbez.org/story/videotaped-street-attack-divides-chicagos-boystown-88812
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