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| Is Racism Responsible for Today's Black Problems? |
| 2020-07-29 |
| [TownHall] - I doubt whether any American would defend the police treatment of George Floyd that led to his death. But many Americans are supporting some of the responses to Floyd's death -- rioting, looting, wanton property destruction, assaults on police and other kinds of mayhem by both whites and blacks. The pretense is that police conduct stands as the root of black problems. According to the NAACP, from 1882-1968, there were 3,446 black people lynched at the hands of whites. Today, being murdered by whites or policemen should be the least of black worries. In recent times, there is an average of 9,252 black-on-black murders every year. Over the past 35 years, that translates into nearly 324,000 blacks murdered at the hands of other blacks. Only a tiny percentage of blacks are killed by police. For example, in Chicago this year, there were 414 homicides, with a total of 2,078 people shot. So far in 2020, three people have been killed by police and four were shot. Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Mac Donald reports that "a police officer is 18 1/2 times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male is to be killed by a police officer." Crime is a major problem for many black communities, but how much of it can be attributed to causes such as institutional racism, systemic racism, and white privilege? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 I believe the constant white guilt being foisted upon the public is responsible for "Racism." And it is beyond tiresome. |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2020-07-29 18:27 |
| #6 I blame it on that last motorcycle accident. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-29 17:29 |
| #5 Yes. Black racism. When behaving in a way that will lead to success in life is disparaged as "acting white" (looking at you, Smithsonian), then what you get is a whole bunch of failure. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-07-29 13:03 |
| #4 Black people will never solve their problems as long as they keep blaming it all on racism. If you really want to make things better, you have to stop whining, get up off your butt and take responsibility for yourself. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-07-29 11:29 |
| #3 Is Racism responsible for Rap music and terrible cultural norms in black areas (tolerance of crime and a diversity following the law)? People flee crime and unfortunately crime follows black culture. When they shift that, racism will go. People need to ask themselves why these stereotypes are so persistent, maybe because they're useful and contain an aggregate truth. Just watch Chris Rock's Niggaz v Black People if you don't believe me. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-07-29 04:42 |
| #2 Black conduct is the root of black racism. |
| Posted by: Dale 2020-07-29 04:05 |
| #1 Tulane Univ Black Student Union Demands Free Tuition, Reparations, More |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-29 03:00 |