well i was talking about Kathy Bates ...

“Researchers...asked more than 100 science faculty members at academic institutions across the country to evaluate one of two student résumés. The résumés were identical except for one small part: The candidate’s name was either John or Jennifer. Despite both candidates having the exact same qualifications and…

Except the only person who is thinking about their “race” and nationality is you.

Why should I be civil to you? You’ve called me a racist with no evidence whatsoever other than I want people who do bad things pay for their crimes.

It’s always a good idea to read the article. Saves on backtracking later.

How about we switch this conversation around for a second? Let’s see what you would do besides through idiotic accusations of racism where there aren’t any.

Yes, of course I have. When anyone commits a crime, they should be punished.

I’m confused. Parachute kids is defined in the article, that’s how we know the term. All the kids in this situation are parachute kids, thus it is relevant.

No. We have to be careful about calling people savages. There’s a bit of a history there of Americans doing that and demeaning people. No one is saying the judge is doing that. We just need to be cautious.

Yes, there are a lot of racists out there.

Hi, Troll! I love how you support criminal behavior! Projecting much?

these kids have a fucking right to be in this fucking country,ok?

Wqit, do you mean “parachute kids” in general? Or the perpetrators? Because the latter group lost their right to be here the moment they touched that girl.

This is utter nonsense. Maoism hasn’t held meaningful sway in China for decades. And what on earth do suicide rates have to do with anything here? The five countries with the highest incidence of suicide per 100,000 people are, in descending order: Guyana, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Lithuania and Suriname. China comes in…

Kids need to learn other people are important, too.

A. That’s exactly how I read this situation, too. It’s really cool that a judge is trying to be like CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNDERSTANDING THE PRESSURE KIDS ARE UNDER THESE DAYS, but pick your fucking battles, man. These kids know that this behavior is evil. Yes, they stay tight-knit to other Chinese people, but…

Naw. I don’t agree. I know plenty of Chinese students in the US. They are not violent in the least and are just regular people. This is something particular to this group of people. Knowing mob behavior is what it is, I would say there are two or three bad eggs and the rest are weak and easily influenced. Let’s not…

“I’m sure they suffer loneliness”. Oh, okay. All is forgiven.

They should serve time first. They are adults, not little kids. At 19 you shouldn't need parental supervision in order to not assault. They committed a horrible crime and they should all get a stiff sentence before being deported.

There are days like today where I wish our collective society had a scrotum so I could kick it.