[Previous entry: "Life is more complex than you thought"] [Next entry: "Scientist claims racial differences in intelligence"]

10/14/2007: "African-American beats Jewish-American, panic results"

The beating of Mordechai Moskowitz, reportedly at the hands of a black man, has put residents on edge in Lakewood, a diverse city of 70,000 near the Jersey Shore that is home to a large Orthodox Jewish population, as well as black and Hispanic communities.

Some Jewish residents said Thursday they feared the latest attack would exacerbate long-standing tensions between ethnic groups in the town. "People are going to Israel, where people are blowing up buses," Spira said.

[ Multiculturalism doesn't work, and ethnic tensions always rise. ]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJNhdSBonWeIInn-aAJkPXoXP-GQD8S7BQ382