Crime Talk Ruffles Feathers At Charity Bash

From the Will People Always Be Nervous About Race/Ethnicity? Dept.: You could have heard a pin drop last night after a comment by live auctioneer Bob Hopkins at the grand opening of the new La Duni Latin Kitchen at NorthPark Center. Hopkins was auctioneering at a benefit there for a program called Outward Bound Mexico, which helps at-risk Mexican kids build self-esteem and better lives. Trying to pump up bids by the well-heeled crowd, he basically explained that it was good to support these youths, because they’re the ones coming to the U.S. and breaking into our homes in East Dallas. In other words: more support for Outward Bound equals less crime in our streets. Which sort of made sense–but not to a lot of folks in the big crowd. We wanted to ask Hopkins about it a little later, but somebody said he’d already scrammed.