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Originally Posted by ThePhun1
And for me, as a minority who can blend into any scenario, I'd be a lot more likely to visit a high crime area (I'm assuming Chicago's are predominately minority) for friendship or business, so it definitely is something that'd I'd be thinking about.
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yeah, if you're an african american male between 15 and 35, then chicago's gang violence would be much more concerning if you came for a visit, especially if you were visiting family/friends on the far west or south sides.
every year there are a couple stories of someone's cousin from michigan or texas or wherever being shot and killed while visiting chicago, either from mistaken identity or being at the wrong party at the wrong time.
as a white middle-aged man who spends precious little time in chicago's most violent quarters, those scenarios don't weigh too heavily on my mind. yet another form of white privilege.