Ann Arbor woman irate after vandals deface home with racist term and 'YOLO'
Vandals left this message — short for You Only Live Once — along with a racially-charged word on Patty Gardner's home.
Angela Cesere | AnnArbor.com
An Ann Arbor resident is outraged after vandals spray-painted the siding and chimney on her home sometime before Thursday evening, including a racially charged word.
Patty Gardner lives in the area of Seventh Street and Jefferson Court and is one of the rare private homeowners in the area to report her house vandalized by graffiti during the city’s recent struggle with the issue. Gardner said she reported the vandalism to Ann Arbor police at 9:23 p.m. Thursday and police are investigating the incident.
Gardner first noticed the vandals had sullied the sidewalk and AT&T box near her home. A short time later, she saw the phrase “YOLO” — short for You Only Live Once — and another word with racial connotations on the home. She was none too keen on the discovery.
“I was very angry. I was angry at the violation of our property and the fact that it struck me as a racist thing,” said Gardner, who is white. “There’s sexual references on the other side of the street. I assume it’s kids, but I also find that accepting a racial thing as ‘just kids’ is not OK.”
Ann Arbor has had its struggles with graffiti during 2012 and police have been working to crack down on the blight. Two teenagers suspected of being responsible for graffiti have already been arrested and charged with felonies, with one of them accepting a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for the felony vandalism charge being dropped.
Graffiti crimes are especially difficult for police officers to investigate. Culprits often have to be caught in the act for a strong case to be made, police say. Targets for graffiti have included street signs, the sides of businesses and play structures in public parks. The report of a private home being tagged with graffiti in a seemingly random act is rare.
Gardner said it was unfortunate that she wasn’t able to provide the responding officer with many details on the incident. She never saw anyone spray-painting in the area or tagging her house, but she wanted to notify police of the incident anyway.
No other houses in the area were vandalized, Gardner said.
“As far as I know, it was confined to the length of our house area along the street,” she said.
Now, all that’s left for Gardner and her family to do is paint over the vandalized area.
She said the house was painted a few years ago and she still has some leftover paint that she can use to cover the graffiti. Gardner said she’d consult a local hardware store to see if there’s anything else her family should do.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Silly Sally
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:43 p.m.
Graffiti = Vandalism, the former a subject taught by the AADL, the latter an activity one can get arrested by the AAPD. So silly that some can't see that they are one and the same. Some Ann Arbor Liberals think that it is cute when it is on someone else's building and they do not have to pay to remove it. Not silly
Brad
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:28 p.m.
YOLO = You Obviously Lack Originality (disclosure: I looked that up, but it sure fits)
mermaid72
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:59 a.m.
Why is the term "YOLO" so offensive? I don't get it?
seldon
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1 p.m.
Because it insults the beliefs of those who believe in reincarnation.
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:57 p.m.
also, YOLO is not the racist comment that was written on this house. Annarbor.com hasn't disclosed that information. What's the point of disclosing the word anyways, no one should be racist.
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:52 p.m.
it's not, it's just the new age term some rapper started instead of actually saying "you only live once" Of course kids these days can't type out simple sentences and need things like that.
Pickforddick
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 9:56 a.m.
Let's face it people.......A2 is turning into a ghetto.
Jack Campbell
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:37 p.m.
Yep housing values and demand is increasing, more business are moving in downtown, and we are national recognized every few months for something we are doing right. Sure sounds like a ghetto to me! These are just some punk kids that need to be taught a lesson.
Myles
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 3:59 a.m.
I wish an arbor.com would get their own news channel. Would that be too much? I'm curious..
pbehjatnia
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:59 a.m.
i love that aa.com won't say what was actually sprayed. you know what? you have a real problem with race if you can't bring yourselves to address the issue and report what happened.
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:43 p.m.
@pbehjatnia... Says all the racist white jerks
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:43 p.m.
it was a joke obviously...who cares what the racial slur was... it was a racial slur. Half the people on this website would probably support the racist comment if it was against muslims/blacks. Chill out.
Jack Campbell
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:38 p.m.
It wasn't honkie, no one give two **** about honkie.
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:13 a.m.
It was "honkie". Sorry white people
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:32 a.m.
there have been unconfirmed reports that "the word"is what allegedly follows saltine.its time for military action.
cornelius McDougenschniefferburgenstein jr. 3 esq.
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:10 a.m.
i hope they didnt paint the H word.the one that rhymes with donkey,if they did someone better call homeland insecurity asap.its an alleged Hate crime
a2citizen
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:25 a.m.
It's perfectly acceptable to use terms (like honkey) that offend white people. Read the comments underneath Gary Hann's post at 3:15.
L'chaim
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:55 a.m.
It says "KKK" on the cement wall in the parking lot, behind the deli/convenience store at the corner of Packard and Stadium. I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed that and if the owner ever plans to have it removerd (fyi, KKK is a racist term).
JGS
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:31 p.m.
I see this at Comerica Park all the time. Then someone strikes out again and there's 4K's, then 5.... and so on. Confusing... /sarcasm
Silly Sally
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:13 p.m.
Why should this poor owner have to pay to remove it? The AADL, who started these graffiti classes on KKK white sheets should pay to do so. Once the sheets were no longer provided, they migrated to buildings. Some thought it was cute.
CCB22
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:36 a.m.
And I'm not trying to be offensive in any way by posting a reference or description-just stating what I saw.
CCB22
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:28 a.m.
I saw it while driving in that area yesterday and it was a form of the "N" word.
Dog Guy
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:21 a.m.
My dictionary has only one word that is offensive . . . and it starts with "o".
RJA
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:43 p.m.
How about YOLO = YOU ONLY LOVE ONCE ?
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:19 p.m.
I also notice the people here giving "thumbs up" to post minimizing this story and encouraging "art" (vandalism) of private property. These are the same people who scream bloody murder (can I say that?) when somebody paints an Swastika on their beat up Volvo and demanding the police to find the "artist". It's always a joke until it happens to them, and then the cries to mommy and daddy are heard from cell towers coast to coast.
Silly Sally
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:10 p.m.
Liberals love to have thought control and censorship. Didn't you know? Read 1984
KMHall
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:14 p.m.
There are words that ought not to be printed. This is not to "protect" you tough guys who want to decide for yourselves what you can or cannot stand to read. It's not about you. Please broaden you view
ArthGuinness
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:51 a.m.
The problem, KMHall, is that if we're in a free and transparent society, we should be able to know about crimes in our community. It does make a difference what was written here, and perhaps it would even be a clue to some reader who could then alert the police with a tip. Apparently we all have to be our own reporters and file a FOI request with the police department just to find out something that would be pretty simple to just include in a news article.
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:29 p.m.
I also trust that you will be first in line condemning A2.Com when they report what was painted in the next story the arbitrarily decide to report.
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:26 p.m.
OK. So don't yell about censorship when the Fascists get books pulled from libraries because there are words that ought not be printed. And please don't try to tell me there's a difference. There isn't. Library books can be read by anyone in the same manner that online rags can. And I presume you "know" what these "words" are, and have decided for the rest of us what we can and cannot see?
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:11 p.m.
The future of Journalism: "Today, a metal projectile was used in a accelerating explosive device in which a person was discharged into another dimension. Actual terms to describe this unfortunate event done by a misunderstood member of our society are too offensive for print. Only in Ann Arbor. I'm a flaming Liberal and it's this mamby pamby stuff that gives us a bad name. This isn't progressive, it's digressive. I have been told living in A2 would make anyone conservative, and I'm beginning to believe it.
Brad
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:24 p.m.
Nope, AA.com is just hyper-PC to the point of silliness (no offense to Sally). Will Tony Dearing's departure possibly change that? Stay tuned ...
northside
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:04 a.m.
annarbor.com is neither liberal nor progressive - don't blame the poor journalism on this site on those political leanings
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:01 p.m.
Please, please, please. STOP calling it graffiti when it's VANDALISM, destruction of private property and a crime of hate. I would also retort to the YOLO that YODO. Figure it out punks. Let me guess, "Punks" is too offensive, right?
Silly Sally
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:08 p.m.
Graffiti = Vandalism, the former a subject taught by the AADL, the latter an activity one can get arrested by the AAPD. So silly that some can't see that they are one and the same. Some Ann Arbor Liberals think that it is cute when it is on someone elses's building and they do not have to pay to remove it. Not silly
iamcris
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:39 p.m.
What a depressing job this fella has when he cannot even report "the whole truth". I have sympathy for you even though this is your chosen career path. There are options out there for you. http://newsbusters.org/
say it plain
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:26 p.m.
I tend to believe that words have real power, and that racist words aren't just words when used in many, many circumstances. But how can you run a bloody news-story about an offensive word being used without actually telling us what it is?! That makes no sense at all...words aren't *incantations*, they are communications, and so long as you are merely relaying what happened, the word in question really *is* merely a string of letters...put it in quotes for goodness sake and be done with the silliness! There is enough other silliness here to keep the readers shaking their heads, but this one is more bizarre than amusing?!
JRW
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:11 p.m.
"Ann Arbor has had its struggles with graffiti during 2012 and police have been working to crack down on the blight. Two teenagers suspected of being responsible for graffiti have already been arrested and charged with felonies, with one of them accepting a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for the felony vandalism charge being dropped." Can someone clarify this? I have been following the graffiti stories and arrests in a2, and would like to know more detail about this plea deal. Which perp got the plea? What are the consequences for these two perps that were arrested? Someone needs to explain how someone arrested on felony vandalism gets off with a misdemeanor charge. Why? There needs to be serious consequences for graffiti vandalism and a slap on the wrist isn't going to stop it. There is more and more graffiti around the city, since these arrests.
EyeHeartA2
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:11 p.m.
Wait. I thought graffiti was "cool" and what made Ann Arbor "hip" until we tried to stamp it out, at which point, all the fun loving people moved to Ypsilanti (the city of course, not the township). Now, it appears we DON'T like graffiti? Could somebody make me a flow chart so I know what is cool this week? I get so confused here. Is it still cool in Ypsi? How about, like on the East coast? Those guys are real cool I hear.
Craig Lounsbury
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:34 p.m.
Cool---------------> Craig I I l V EyeHeartA2 Not Cool-------------> everybody else
oldguy
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:59 p.m.
The lady is righ...it`s not "just kids".... it`s mentally challanged punks who need a good butt-whipping by their parents.
Unusual Suspect
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:22 p.m.
See what I mean?
ArthGuinness
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:46 a.m.
It's actually pretty easy to discipline and correct behavior without resorting to violence. Or maybe you tough guys are just speaking metaphorically.
Unusual Suspect
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:14 p.m.
The problem is that with people like this the butt-whipping didn't happen when it should have. Today's "enlightened" parents have somehow been convinced it's abusive.
Macabre Sunset
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:58 p.m.
Life is often offensive. If A2.com considers itself a news organization, its duty is to report what happened, not sanitize what happened to protect us. I would like to know what was written on the house. I would like reactions from the police and any relevant organizations dedicated to fighting racism. By refusing to tell us what was written, A2.com is only protecting the perpetrator.
Macabre Sunset
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:34 p.m.
Yes, it has been a while. I had to choose between the Argus and safe browsing. Since Gannett doesn't control its ads very well, figured it wasn't worth the risk. Also, meeting some of the crowd in person was nice, but also a little unsettling. Here, I'm not so liberal in comparison to the norm. But, then again, that county down south doesn't have Ugly Naked Guy staring down those who dare visit the Mill Pond. And, yeah, journalism, at least as I knew it, is long dead here.
Hammerooski
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:56 p.m.
Hey, you sound awful familiar. I'm a Liberal blast from your Livingston County Press past!!! In this case, I agree with you. Do your job and report A2com and let us decide what's offensive. Good grief, what happened to Journalism.
xmo
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:48 p.m.
Why not believe that YOLO means: You're Loved! Then that makes this a wonderful story and we don't have to be so negative!
Stephen Landes
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:43 p.m.
No one "tagged" this house -- they vandalized it. The term tagging brings with it a sort of underground approval that is incorrect and unacceptable. Call it what it is: destruction of property, vandalism, criminal behavior. I'm afraid we still have a segment of the Art Community that considers this stuff artistic and "important"; it is neither. We need to change the terminology we use to discuss this subject so we know we are all taking this seriously.
anti-thug
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:38 a.m.
its artistic only when has meaning, put who put art on someones home anyway? lol this is worst then Detroit with graffiti, because in Detroit they only tag on abandoned buildings.
Jim Osborn
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:28 p.m.
Leaving out the racist aspect of this awful attact on someone's home, as bad as that is. This has been discused already. This is another example of our tax dollars having encouraged teens to engage in graffitti at the Ann Arbor Public Library because some think that it is "cute" or "fun". It is something that quickly gets out of control. Ann Arbor had almost no grafitti back in the 1990s and now look at our defaced city. And we spend tax dollars to arrive at this state. Thank you AADL
TinyArtist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:35 a.m.
I spent my own money -- for gas -- to arrive at this state.
SMC
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:26 p.m.
Having more police officers on patrol at any given time would deter people from committing crimes such as this one. Unfortunately, the mayor and city council would rather have more bike paths and public art.
just a voice
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 8:59 a.m.
that is so stupid, we had a much bigger graffiti problem 15 or so years ago downtown when there were more cops
seldon
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:25 p.m.
Is "YOLO" itself offensive to members of religions which believe in reincarnation?
Tom Todd
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:09 p.m.
Nobody respects anybodies property anymore.
Rod Johnson
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:42 p.m.
I know it feels all righteous to say that, but it's actually not true. Most people are just as respectful and kind as they ever were.
Cash
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:05 p.m.
It is really an odd article without saying what was written or using a clue such as C-----r . I suspect if we knew the gist of the word use, the quotes and the article might make more sense.
Cash
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:08 a.m.
The word is central to most of the comments here....people now making all kinds of off the wall assumptions about the "racist" (as determined by the homeowner, I guess) comment. Maybe that's why it is written that way...gets lots of hits.....bouncing all over the place.
Stephen Landes
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:44 p.m.
The content of the message is immaterial to the vandalism. hey could have quoted Shakespeare and it would have been wrong to do.
seldon
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:22 p.m.
Coroner?
julieswhimsies
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:59 p.m.
I'll donate a gallon of white paint if money is an issue. This childish, destructive behavior needs to stop. On someone's HOME?!
GoNavy
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:56 p.m.
Thanks Ann Arbor news from shielding our unexposed eyes and minds with is undoubtedly "the word which shall not be mentioned," whatever that word might have been. I know I certainly would have been unable to handle it -
Matt Cooper
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 3:54 a.m.
If you don't like it...why come here and read it?
ArthGuinness
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 2:43 a.m.
Heh. I didn't know Voldemort was a racist term.
mercury69
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 10:26 p.m.
No, the Ann Arbor News would probably have informed us what the word was. They were concerned about reporting the news. Don't confuse AnnArbor.com with an actual news paper.
Unusual Suspect
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:30 p.m.
Stop using the term, "tagging."
anti-thug
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:04 a.m.
validity ? well come on, don't be so much of a ANTI-liberal , let them tag only big business "s and government property but only if its a political statement they are making lol ;) other this its wrong tag the common man and mom pop business. I'm NOT saying to actually go out and do it but pointing out that , if your going tag dont do on house or be so rude.
Stephen Landes
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:47 p.m.
The term tagging is inappropriate as it implies there is some validity in the practice. There is no validity in vandalism and destruction of property -- none, period.
bunnyabbot
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:47 p.m.
I see Suspects point, on the surface tagging to me sounds less distructive than vandalize or vandalism, vandalize sounds like property damage, which to me this is. This property might be able to be "fixed" by "removing" the graffiti, but she is still out money, time and effort to "fix" it. Some jerks "fun" is another persons hassle to clean up. The victim doesn't deserve the additional expense or chore of dealing with it.
anti-thug
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:16 p.m.
whats wrong with tagging?
julieswhimsies
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9 p.m.
Why?
Lola
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:41 p.m.
Why? Is there a problem with that word? Also, why does everyone need to know what the offensive word was? It has to be just curiosity since all you really need to know is that it was racist and offensive to make sense of the story.
bunnyabbot
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:30 p.m.
lots of comments here about the racist graffiti, lets not forget there was also sexual references. So not only are there "kid" racists out there but "kid" misogynistic racists, todays "kids" tomorrows jerks
bunnyabbot
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:48 p.m.
well they are jerks today, but I was referring to tomorrows dating pool jerks!
bedrog
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:03 p.m.
That's pretty bad...and i'd be curious about the ACLU's position on this, given their support of hate speech in a bus ad case of a guy affiliated with the following character who defaces his OWN property with racist junk per: http://blog.deiryassin.org/
walker101
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:30 a.m.
Does not apply for white people.
bedrog
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:25 a.m.
p.s. to my previous : i meant to say " I see your quote....and raise it with some minimal etc" . I.e to keep the 'game'analogy going , since the ACLU nowadays is just playing legalistic, sophistic games instead of standing for higher principals.
bedrog
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:21 a.m.
matt cooper...oh, i have been in close touch with the ACLU, of which i was once a member ( pre-Skokie!!). They have become a travesty, acting as both fireman and pyromaniac...a position well portrayed in the ONION headline "ACLU defends right of Nazis to burn down ACLU headquarters". and i see your "voltaire' ( and pastor neimuller quote : "first they came for the yaddsyaddas etc etc" ) with some minimal common sense about the real world... The Aclu also decried the Bin Laden snuffing as 'extrjudicial assassination"... puhleeeze!!
Matt Cooper
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 3:52 a.m.
Sorry, but the only joke here is that there are people in this world who don't think that anyone should be able to say anything that is offensive to their own sensibilities. For anyone to make a comment such as " given their support of hate speech" in reference to the ACLU, shows a total lack of common sense, basic understanding and education of what the ACLU is about. It is not about supporting hate speech and anyone that makes such absurd comments needs to contact the ACLU and find out directly what they support and what they do not support. It IS about protecting the rights of people to express, speak, think and communicate their thoughts in whatever way is suitable to them without people who disagree with them stifling, supressing and punishing them for that speech. Free speech is one of the great things about America, and I should hope that the right of the people to speak freely would be of graeat import to anyone that claims to be an American. Remember, greater minds than yours and/or mine have already asked and answered these questions. "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." ~Voltaire~
bedrog
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:16 a.m.
@ gorc...at least i'm glad some of us aren't laughing.
Gorc
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 11:06 p.m.
And recently the ACLU has chosen to help defend a local chapter of the KKK in Georgia when they were denied from the adopt a highway program. The ACLU is a joke.
Billy
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:59 p.m.
YOLO = You Only Love Owls
Homeland Conspiracy
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 11:49 a.m.
YOLO = You Only Love Otters
Macabre Sunset
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:58 p.m.
Notice that we had a weeks-long news vigil with dozens of stories and reactions from the community when someone stuck a doll in a tree that was dark-colored. That was a "lynching." Notice that we aren't even told what the allegedly-racist graffiti said and no one else is even interviewed when someone's house is vandalized who happens to be white. Double-standard here.
Goober
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:48 p.m.
this is a clarification for bunnyabbot rac·ism ? ?noun 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others. 2. a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination. 3. hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.
superhappyfunbrett
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:43 a.m.
PS: And when I'm saying "graffiti" in this context, I mean... vulgar spray painting. Not people being ok-ed to make beautiful artwork. I'm talking kids with absolutely no artistic merit trashing property. Just for the record. lol
superhappyfunbrett
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 1:40 a.m.
@Macabre: (I'm going to assume you aren't joking but...) I don't think there's a double standard. People have spray painted similar vulgar ridiculousness quite a few times around these parts as of late, and I feel authorities, A2.com, and citizens have reacted just about the same across the board. Comparing graffiti to someone being a creep and taking time to do that with a doll... THAT caught people's attention, I believe, because... you don't see that often. Maybe not at all. And it felt a lot more... confusing. Which I think made people a bit more angry. Some people took it as a unique message, I think. Graffiti? Yes, it's utterly horrible and shouldn't be tolerated in the least. BUT... one tends to think it's less a serious message and more... kids being randomly moronic. Because, locally, graffiti as such has a history of being done by... kids being randomly moronic. A lot of the reaction is probably based upon what has happened before. Could be something more - but I can see why people aren't totally up in arms yet. Personally, before I claim double standard, I'll wait for some other info that warrants more of a raise of the eyebrow. Just my opinion. @bunnyabbot: OH STOP IT. lol
bunnyabbot
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:59 p.m.
racism only applies when it is a non-white victim.....
BobbyJohn
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:57 p.m.
Kyle Can't you just tell us what the offensive word is. What is the problem?
Cindy Heflin
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:03 p.m.
Please see the recently added editor's note regarding the offensive word.
J
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8 p.m.
If he told us, it would have to be removed for violating AnnArbor.com's conversation guidelines. ;)
KeepingItReal
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:39 p.m.
why do Ann Arborites find it difficult to accept the racism here. It's here folks! I experiedence it every day that I walk the streets of this community.
Myles
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 3:57 a.m.
I agree with keepingitreal, racism is every where and I have a lot of problems when I'm driving downtown or walking downtown.
anti-thug
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:14 p.m.
stop blaming racism on black youth.
Mike
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 8:02 p.m.
I agree with you, keepingitreal, I have had issues a number of times with intimidation from black youths while walking down town while they directed racial comments my way
anti-thug
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:48 p.m.
Ann Arbor isn't in news for racism so.......
nowayjose
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:48 p.m.
Sounds like you're a regular rosa parks
Alan Goldsmith
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:21 p.m.
Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/yolo-the-newest-abbreviation-youll-love-to-hate/2012/04/06/gIQA3QE2zS_blog.html
Alan Goldsmith
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:19 p.m.
The Urban Dictionary doesn't define this as a racial term. While this is a horrible incident and the parties involved should be put in prison for life without parole, as an English major I'd be interested in why this was thought to be a racial term as opposed to the UD definition.
Alan Goldsmith
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:56 p.m.
Thanks for the clarification.
Kyle Feldscher
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 9:36 p.m.
Alan - YOLO is not the racist term. I didn't include the racist term because it is offensive.
A2James
Fri, Jun 29, 2012 : 7:08 p.m.
Where is the ACLU for this travesty of racism? Hopefully these punks get charged with racial intimidation for this, too
Modern_Atheist
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:55 p.m.
the article doesn't state the racist comment that was made.... YOLO is not a racist term, it is only a new generation rapper that turned "you only live once:" into YOLO,
A2James
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:29 p.m.
Your attempt to malign my comment with your silly reply shows your ignorance of sarcasm, common sense, and reality.
Pika
Sat, Jun 30, 2012 : 12:48 a.m.
Your attempt to malign the ACLU with this silly statement shows your ignorance of the ACLU's actual work and critical mission.