Huh.
Girl aged 17 knifes 30 men to death
A GYMSLIP murderess aged just 17 was being held last night for knifing THIRTY men to death.
The schoolgirl stunned cops by owning up to a serial killing spree that started when she was a 15-year-old.
She told detectives she wanted to confess before she turned 18 and could be tried as an adult.
The girl - too young even to be named - said she began targeting men in her home city of Sao Paulo, Brazil "for money, revenge and to bring justice"
She even SMILED as she reeled off her list of victims - which is feared to make her the world's most prolific teenage serial killer. She calmly bragged to police: "I don't have enough courage to hold a gun - but I can hold a knife.
"I am confessing because I promised I would do so before becoming 18 - to avoid upsetting my family."
"I am confessing because I promised I would do so before becoming 18 - to avoid upsetting my family."
That's so...thoughtful of her?
I've heard the phrase "systemic racism" but "structural" is new to me.
I've always heard that concept described as "institutional racism". It was a big idea of Stokley Carmichael's work. (Stokley Carmichael was the name of my dad's dog when I was a wee little girl - he was a black lab and very, very radical as I recall)
Wow. Between serial-teen and the murder-for-ratings newscaster, that's a lot of bizarre crime for one week. Same city too, right?
GYMSLIP
What does "gymslip" mean? Is that where she lives?
It strikes me as the sort of 'confession' that a crazy person who wants attention makes, instead of an actual confession to actual crimes. I'll put up even money that there are few unexplained stabbings in the area she's claiming.
I hate to cite Wikipedia, but this explanation strikes me as very clear: [link]
Some sociologic investigators distinguish between institutional racism and structural racism. The former focus upon the norms and practices within an institution, the latter focus upon the interactions among institutions, interactions that produce racialized outcomes against non-white people. An important feature of structural racism (structured racialization) is that it cannot be reduced to individual prejudice or to the single function of an institution. Like-wise, it is important to note that once a structure is emplaced, its consequences likely will affect the entire population — not just the racially discriminated people.
Will someone please talk me out of buying the dvd set of Planet Earth? It's really discounted over at Amazon right now (only $36!), but I have it burned on disc off of the HD channel, so I don't reallllly need it.
