06-08-2020, 04:02 PM
(06-08-2020, 03:04 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Michael Harriot of the Root, whose videos I use in class to cover a ton of great history of racial policies, had this great response to people bringing up black on black crime, breaking down the actual statistics compared to white on white crime and the degree to which black people give back to their communities compared to other groups.
It wasn't long ago that members here were posting links from Stormfront to argue that black people were inherently more criminal. The racism exists, and here's a tool to confront it. Check it out. There's over 20 tweets in this thread, so I won't be able to post them all here
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1268463768285188096
Here's also a lighthearted explainer for the idea that black people are just inherently more criminal.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR