09-05-2019, 04:20 PM
(09-05-2019, 03:17 PM)jj22 Wrote: How do you feel about the majority of people in prison being black given Blacks only make up 11% of the population with only 9% of us not incarcerated? I'm glad you brought this up.
It's always been a head scratcher for the Black community.
The 9% not being incarcerated is wildly inaccurate. You can try and source it but it's flat out wrong. As for the rest, unfortunately black males commit a largely disproportionate amount of violent crime and violent crime is the reason the vast majority of the prison population is in prison. The numbers are rather depressing, with the FBI uniform crime report showing that black males make commit over 505 of the nations murders despite being around 6-7% of the population. Now, the reasons for this are many and varied, but they're not all inherent racism in the system.
Quote:Your right. Most crimes are committed by whites and it makes sense because they make up the majority race, however, they somehow avoid the focus of our law enforcement and don't get the Thug/Terrorist label as the minorities do. Matter of fact, bring up mass shootings to pro gun people and they are quick shift the focus to blacks in Chicago!
The reason for this is likely delineated above.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/expanded-homicide
When the race of the offender was known, 53.5 percent were Black or African American, 43.9 percent were White, and 2.6 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 5,574 offenders. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 2.)
It's certainly not fair to label all black men as thugs or criminals. The facts show that they commit a hugely disproportionate amount of violent crime. This may be the main reason for this perception by those who hold it. Not being one of those people I can't say definitively.
Quote:No need to lock your cars when you see a black man walk past, you are more likely to get attacked by a white man.
Unfortunately, the numbers do not support this statement.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-43
Per capita you are far more likely to be "attacked" as you put it, by a black man.
Quote:But nobody clutches their purse in an elevator when a white man walks in.....
I don't think that's true at all. A white guy dressed like a street thug would likely provoke just this reaction.
Quote:Fun fact, the only time the NRA supported gun control is when they wanted to keep blacks from being able to purchase guns.
https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
Well then, you should be glad they learned from that mistake are no longer on board.
Quote:The NRA also has been quiet when innocent black men get slaughtered while they are quick to defend the rights of these terrorist to own guns.
https://thinkprogress.org/nra-quiet-police-shoot-black-armed-good-guy-with-a-gun-alabama-ca37e7e5475a/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dana-loesch-explains-why-the-nra-didnt-defend-philando-castile
Yes, I thought they made a mistake not commenting on the Castile case as well.
Quote:The NRA funds more terrorist than Iran.
This statement is so stupid you should literally be ashamed that you wrote it.
