The hate that dare not speak its name.
Another week in Philadelphia, another violent episode where people dare not speak its name: Race Riot.
The latest is Port Richmond, where a mob of black people stormed a house, broke in, and beat up the occupants — all because of something that may or may not have happened to a black teenager on a bike.
One of the attackers pulled a gun. Luckily the victim disarmed him.
Later that day, another mob returned, this time armed with racial taunts and threats of violence against the white family if they testify in court.
This is just one of dozens of race riots in the Philadelphia over the last two years.
Though press and public officials do everything they can to ignore the racial component, even giving them a harmless name, like flash mob.
Thank God for YouTube: For every official denial about what really happened during this epidemic of racial violence, someone posted a video, called a talk show, or posted a comment on a news story that allowed us to see what many hoped we never would: Racial violence is busting out not just in Philadelphia, but all over the country.