or implied racism?

I feel like something like this

ccrunner609 wrote: Saw this article a few days ago and to be honest, wasnt surprised they were black. Had to keep it real.

is nothing but racism and pot stirring. I told him to watch it, and some people jumped on my back for it.

That's the ccrunner special. He's a master of making thinly-veiled comments like this. I'm pretty sure when he got a brief suspension from the old site a few months or so ago, it was because of this same sort of race-baiting. And he wonders why he's never a favorite during popularity contests.....

About all I could advise is to politely inform him that whether he's "keeping it real" or not, comments like that bring nothing to a conversation other than the potential for pointless racial arguments. If he has an intelligent way to explain his belief, then go for it....but if it's just "well, it was a gang beat-down, so I figured it was black guys", that shouldn't be tolerated.