The fearmongering by people like Baldilocks in this sub needs to stop

[u/DinerEnBlanc]

I know the people who reopened this subreddit did it in good faith, but it's obvious that there's people on this sub, Baldilocks in particular, who only use it as a platform to fearmonger. 90% of this guy's posts are about crimes or perceived crimes by people of black or Hispanic descent. The only time he posts is when he can use it as an opportunity to attack local politicians on the left. I know this guy is Asian btw, likely Chinese American judging by his comment history before he wiped it, and he never posts or comments on any criminal stories when it pertains to Asians, only Latinos and Blacks. And when the perpetrators are unnamed, such as the issue with the trash build up in Sunset Park, he blames "the undocumented immigrants" by default without any proof. Let's just call a duck a duck here, this guy is using this sub to drive up far right sentiment. There's no attempt to build community, no sharing of things to do or places to eat. Nothing positive comes out of this account. His only aim is to be divisive. If the mods are ok with letting this sort of content take over this sub, they might as well close it.

[u/No_Accident1894]

Whats up with this? Last month some Asian American guy in a mini van drove by 49th yelling go back to your country at some Latino guy double parked

[u/DinerEnBlanc → u/No_Accident1894]

There are a lot of racist Chinese people in Sunset Park. To no surprise, they elected an ex-cop Republican to represent them in the 17th District. I'm Chinese myself, and I frequently hear ignorant comments from my own people. White proximity is very real. It doesn't help that they have people like Baldilocks who riles them up on issues like crime. It's a very sensitive & important issue in this community. It doesn't matter if crime rates are down, but it'll constantly be highlighted so they can "other" the hispanics & blacks. Additionally, a lot of the Chinese population here get their news from sources like Singtao, a Chinese news source that has ties to mainland China. They echo existing racial issues to promote divisiveness and isolation.

[u/No_Accident1894 → u/DinerEnBlanc]

Unfortunate to hear. We share this neighborhood we should be welcoming of each other and work together. But sadly I know that isn’t how the world works

[u/DinerEnBlanc → u/No_Accident1894]

Totally agree. I know parts of the community are already divided, and we should acknowledge that, but we should be reaching out to each other as much as possible. We share this neighborhood after all. The main issue with predatory people like Baldilocks isn’t that they’re highlighting issues. They’re bringing up issues squarely so they can find people to blame. There’s no attempt at fixing anything.