Okay, some people need to get with REALITY. I keep reading the phrases "crime ridden" and "sketchy" and "dangerous" used to describe the eastside. Let get with the facts. Do your research and you will find that the crime rate on the eastside is comparable to the crime rate in literally EVERY other area in Oklahoma city. The are actually many areas (Bricktown, Southside, Classen area, Paseo, Downtown) that have higher concentrations of crime than the area where Bobo's is located. However, I don't see articles describing Bricktown as "sketchy" or "dangerous" or saying that they are "going to die".
So the fact that people are fearful of the Eastside has NOTHING to do with it being more dangerous than anywhere else, but EVERYTHING to do with the racial and economic makeup of the community and the sterotypes of that group.
With that said, I will not go as far as to say that this article was racist. It was definately prejudice, definately ignorant, and definately offensive. I mean, he acts like he took a trip to BOSNIA or BAGDAD for chicken. This character needs to stay in his house if he is that scary.
I have been to BOBOs many times and I have seen white people patron there and I have brought friends of all races there; they all have left there with their lives (and maybe heartburn), lol.
This article says nothing to me about the area or BONOs, but it say plenty about the person writing the piece and I feel that he just needs to grow a pair.
Posted on September 4 at 11:40 a.m.Suggest removal
Okay, some people need to get with REALITY. I keep reading the phrases "crime ridden" and "sketchy" and "dangerous" used to describe the eastside. Let get with the facts. Do your research and you will find that the crime rate on the eastside is comparable to the crime rate in literally EVERY other area in Oklahoma city. The are actually many areas (Bricktown, Southside, Classen area, Paseo, Downtown) that have higher concentrations of crime than the area where Bobo's is located. However, I don't see articles describing Bricktown as "sketchy" or "dangerous" or saying that they are "going to die".
So the fact that people are fearful of the Eastside has NOTHING to do with it being more dangerous than anywhere else, but EVERYTHING to do with the racial and economic makeup of the community and the sterotypes of that group.
With that said, I will not go as far as to say that this article was racist. It was definately prejudice, definately ignorant, and definately offensive. I mean, he acts like he took a trip to BOSNIA or BAGDAD for chicken. This character needs to stay in his house if he is that scary.
I have been to BOBOs many times and I have seen white people patron there and I have brought friends of all races there; they all have left there with their lives (and maybe heartburn), lol.
This article says nothing to me about the area or BONOs, but it say plenty about the person writing the piece and I feel that he just needs to grow a pair.
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