Gun Violence in Black Communities
For decades, gun violence has taken a disproportionate and grueling toll on Black communities.
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Giffords concedes that the guns are not the problem.
It's something else.
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How does this math work?
Black men ages 18 to 25 die from gun homicides at a rate nearly 19 times that of white residents.14 This disparity means that while five out of every 100,000 young white people in these counties die from gun homicides, more than one in every 10,000 young Black people are killed in such incidents.
Wow, the article references 741,000 registered machine guns! I want one!
It's not a gun problem, but it's not an economic problem either.Holy forking shirt balls!
I agree with something Giffords says!
It’s an economic problem, not a gun problem! I’ve been saying that for literally decades.
So in other words ........... gonna ..........It's not a gun problem, but it's not an economic problem either.
Middle class blacks commit murder at a higher rate than poor whites and Asians. Black females commit murder at a higher rate than white and Asian men. (they're just barely outpaced by Hispanic men) The rate of violent crime amongst black Americans is on par with sub Saharan African countries. It really is a racial issue.
It's not a gun problem, but it's not an economic problem either.
Middle class blacks commit murder at a higher rate than poor whites and Asians. Black females commit murder at a higher rate than white and Asian men. (they're just barely outpaced by Hispanic men) The rate of violent crime amongst black Americans is on par with sub Saharan African countries. It really is a racial issue.
math is racist!Math isn’t important to places like that.
How does this math work?
Black men ages 18 to 25 die from gun homicides at a rate nearly 19 times that of white residents.14 This disparity means that while five out of every 100,000 young white people in these counties die from gun homicides, more than one in every 10,000 young Black people are killed in such incidents.
Math isn’t important to places like that.
But really they probably just missed a decimal point.
They should have said “nearly twice as many”
Can we also address the epidemics of gun violence in Jewish communities? How about the Nightly shooting sprees on Martha’s Vineyard?
Certainly not racial. Likely cultural.
Cultural and racial are not so easy to separate...Cultural, not racial.
Culture can be changed over time.
Good luck with that. They're literally getting worseCulture can be changed over time.
It can only be changed from within.Good luck with that. They're literally getting worse
John McWhorter has suggested a 3-part plan
Opinion | ‘Racism’ Without Racists (Published 2022)
Racial inequities are real, and immensely important. But they are not all racism.www.nytimes.com
"The way I see it, if three things happened, Black America would be a new world.
First, the War on Drugs should end. It encourages a Black market in drugs that understandably tempts underserved people of color away from legal work, and it fosters encounters between Black people and the cops that, short of this utterly failed “war,” would have no reason to occur.
Second, especially in schools for less-advantaged kids, reading should be taught via phonics-based instruction, because it has consistently proven to be the best method for kids not from book-lined homes, of all races.
Third, market-targeted vocational education must be available at little or no cost to all who want it, and our post-World War II American sense that getting a college degree is the normal life trajectory of all respectable people must end."
There are decades of inertia to reverse in a Black culture where working an honest job for a living, schooling, marriage and raising children in two-parent families has been rejected as part of repressive White culture. Unemployed teen single mothers with children from multiple fathers is a norm in urban city centers, on 100% welfare even when living with one of the fathers.
But the notion of equity and “equal outcomes” more than derails implementing such a plan - it denies and decries it as racist oppression under White Supremacy.
McWhorter’s article from 2006 takes us to conclude no progress has been made in almost a generation.
Winning the Race
On April 3, John McWhorter delivered a version this speech as the eighth of the 2005-2006 Bradley Lectures. Click here for more information about this speech. One of the main sources of the stalemate on the race question in America today is that among so many, it is considered a mark of...www.aei.org
This.I don’t think it’s a racial issue. If it were a racial issue, we would see the same outcomes from educated African immigrants, which we don’t. What we do have however is a cultural issue and need cultural pathways to prosperity that are not steeped in crime. When you have gangsta rappers as role models, are we really surprised at outcomes?
It's not economic, don't fool yourself, its a cultural problem and everybody is afraid to say it.Holy forking shirt balls!
I agree with something Giffords says!
It’s an economic problem, not a gun problem! I’ve been saying that for literally decades.
Third, market-targeted vocational education must be available at little or no cost to all who want it, and our post-World War II American sense that getting a college degree is the normal life trajectory of all respectable people must end."
Why? They want the international students.You can bet Hahvahd would dip into their multi-billion dollar endowment to fight that tooth and nail.
Secretly, a lot of liberal academics must be loving the SCOTUS rejection of Affirmative Action admissions. There is genuine fear that those admitted without adequate bona fides will score poorly in their courses, despite diminishing the rigor of curricula and inflating grades. Finding "unequal outcomes" in a a faculty member’s grade distribution is a death knell these days…You can bet Hahvahd would dip into their multi-billion dollar endowment to fight that tooth and nail.