I get what you are saying, but the demographics suggest that is actually "poor on poor" crime. Do you believe white people in similar circumstances would not do the same thing as black people living inside the same cycle of poverty, racism, and lower education funding?
Stop and frisk, broken window, and the war on drugs all are aimed at minority communities. Studies show black men are 20 times as likely to see prison than white men for the same conviction.
While I do agree circumstances as they are now suggest black people should be wary around other black people, one has to understand that racism, bias, and bigotry do exist and can make a black person uncomfortable around white people.
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crc32 (2584)
6 years ago
Theres no question that there is a large clustering of poor people commiting crimes but theirs no denying the magnitude of 57% of violant crimes being commited by 13% of the population based on ethnicity alone. I'm talking about violent crime not drug crimes which do disproportiontly target the black community. I'
I agree with your third statement but in terms of death, black people are a bigger threat to themselves them selves and suggestion that black people are afraid of white people is silly at best. Alot of the black community I've been exposed to seem to pride themselves on intimidating white culture.
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