At least they aren't running with scissors.
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Originally Posted by ray1970
Hi neighbors,
Fairly regularly, I see posts on Nextdoor about a "suspicious person" who, when I read the post, is doing something innocuous and harmless - like asking a neighbor for help finding an address or help with a broken down vehicle. I haven't really noticed this type of post about white people, but on a weekly basis, I see posts where this supposedly suspicious person is Hispanic or Black. (Usually posts about "suspicious people" who are obviously white include photos of them doing something *actually* suspicious, like stealing patio furniture or checking car door handles at night.)
We live in a historically Hispanic neighborhood in a part of the country with centuries of Hispanic history. We live in a diverse city in a diverse country that is currently going through a lot of pain around racism. Let's all do our part to make our neighborhood friendly and welcoming for all, a place where a neighbor of any color can go about their business or ask for help without a subsequent Nextdoor post about them being suspicious. Let's not be a part of spreading fear about people who don't look like us, speak like us, or have exactly all the same cultural norms.
Please think twice before posting about "suspicious" people (if it was a middle/upper-class white person, would you have the same reaction?), and help constructively and kindly call out others who make these kinds of posts.
Thanks.
Yes, ignore decades of crime statistics entirely, in order to not offend anyone.
Pathetic.
I'm pretty sure that everything I've seen on Nextdoor has been stupid.
Yup...its such a fun place.
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To the elderly gentleman with a cane to allow your off leash dog to do his business on the swim club grass tonight at 6pm. I picked it up and disposed of it for you.
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Dear neighbor my child's bus driver was going 20 miles an hour the speed limit is 25. You have been watching her every afternoon and you have nerve yelling at her about her speed when you allow your child to ride the road in his car knowing that the bus driver comes here every afternoon around the same time. Today your child was in the middle of the road and you were no where to be found this is considered neglect so next time you shoot off your mouth about someone going within the speed limit watch out because I will report you to child services...
Last few posts are awesome.
A "friend". Riiiiight.
I'm pretty sure we should have a warning at the top of this thread: I think my IQ dropped quite a few points from reading all the quotes from "Nextdoor"! :-)
Our Nextdoor site is filled with lost pets and reports of car break-ins and suspicious activity/persons. People are people everywhere.
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