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Why is there such a large racial disparity in the US when it comes to violent crime?
There is a term used by some researchers called "non-Asian minorities" to describe the demographic groups in the US which commit the most violent crime.
For instance, check out these Department of Justice statistics:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/ra ce.htm
As you can see, the murder rate for blacks is an astonishing seven times higher than the rates for whites and hispanics. Other studies show that if you separate hispanics from whites, the white murder rate drops even lower.
Why is this? Why does this gigantic racial disparity exist in America when it comes to murder?
Is it "poverty"? Nope. West Virginia is one of our poorest states, but it has a low murder rate. It is also 96% white.
Is it "guns"? Nope. Vermont has the loosest gun laws in the country, and has a very low murder rate. It is also 97% white.
So – what are the reasons?
genetics
Monk | Nov 20, 2009
The introduction of the "Great Society" of LBJ.
Mr. Truth | Nov 20, 2009
Not my job to do your Sociology homework for you.
Ed | Nov 20, 2009
Rap music promotes the use of hardcore drugs and gangster warfare… that has to have some effect… On the other side, I have a business relationship with an African American and he is one of the nicest people I have ever met…
Diablo Blanco | Nov 20, 2009
Because they have violent behaviors?
I don’t know, I am more interested in the insanity that is going on in Washington than anything else.
Max | Nov 20, 2009
I think it is poverty, mixed with a low self esteem and poor education and lack of good role models. Mix all that with an apathetic society and there is no wonder that some cultures have more violence than others.
libchick | Nov 20, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_ineq uality_in_the_United_States#Race_and_gen der_disparities
brown9500.v10 | Nov 20, 2009
Lack of morality and family values. Like I have previously mentioned, more African American males will die on the streets of our inner cities than soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. And do you know what party runs the majority of our large cities?
Malukchuk | Nov 20, 2009
West Virginia and Vermont are two of the smallest states in population and size in the country so of course they have "low" crime rates.
Find the crime rates in Texas or California and then talk.
Paul | Nov 20, 2009
That is what happens when a whole entire race gets inslaved and discriminated against for decades. Family values,education,morals, etc…..all that takes time to build itself back up.
Being poor doesn’t help either.
Most poor people don’t have any good role models and people there to push them along the way.
What i hate the most is when people just want to bring this up to point fingers or to make people look bad. When there is a problem that is as serious as this is,i think its better to look for solutions because it affects us all no matter who the crime(s) is against.
You below me::: thats just the way they are–the simple truth. You’ve got to be kidding. please just stfu
Thats like saying that since 90% of cereal killers are white, thats just the way they are. Get a clue
EDIT:: to "WILL" No, you’re putting words into my mouth. Don’t do that. I said what i said exactly and that is what i meant. If you don’t understand, maybe you should think a little harder.
Anti -Silence | Nov 20, 2009
I have studied this subject as a hobby and after significant research with the Metropolitan police of London and others I have come to understand that murder is a congenital part of the black races psyche. In London black people represent 10% of the population yet they commit 90%, yes 90% of all murders and violent crime. The reason can be made out to be as complicated or as straight forward as you want it to be. The simple truth is that, it is just the way they are. <<<HEY>>>"ANTI-SILENCE">>> You are obviously very poorly educated so there is no real point in trying to translate words like ‘congenital’ and ‘phyche’ as they are meaningless to you. You say, "since 90% of ‘cereal’ killers were white" and so on , the correct word is ’serial’. I am unaware of white men killing packets of corn flakes or bowls sugar puffs. The initial part of my answer suggested that murder is an inborn characteristic of the black man’s disposition. It has nothing whatsoever to do with poverty or their unfortunate history of exploitation and slavery which was, in the main as a direct consequence of their primitive lifestyle and inability to formulate and organise an effective defence strategy against the slave trader’s attacks. If blacks are poor they should recognise that, it is through their own innate laziness and lack of entreprenurial skills that they are the architects of their own pathetic circumstances. Don’t blame everyone and everything else for your alleged plight. Other than what my unprejudged research has revealed and what I have observed and experienced in Britain and the U.S.A,I really don’t know the general circumstances of black people as there are very few of them in Northern Ireland. I do know however, that the computer which you are using, the television which you will watch at some point, the radio you may be listening to, the telephone in your home,the electricity powering your house, the car in your garage along with 1000s of other scientific and medical inventions/discoveries which benefit mankind and relieve or cure human suffering have, like all the large wealth generating Corporations been effected by the ingenuity of the white man. All I see is the black man trying to capitalize on the white man’s prosperous societies throughout the world by the appliance of crime including drug dealing, prostitution and other obnoxious acts of villainy. Don’t dare ask anyone alive today to feel guilty for the so called "sins of their fathers".
Alter Ego | Nov 20, 2009
I do not know but it is true and sad.
You do not kill armed citizens so easily.
You also do not burglarize armed homes.
BackAgain | Nov 20, 2009
Cannot give you a good answer. Blacks have a high drop out from school, drugs, early pregnancy, no father in the home, and much more. Blacks tend to fantasize about being a football or basketball player, a gangster, rapper, or drug pusher. With these goals in life one is not going to far without an education. We must be able to speak, read, and write English in today’s world.
I work with many adult blacks and they play rap music and love being ghetto. They consider pushing drugs an okay job if you did not finish high school. (crazy) If these adult blacks are the role models for the kids coming up –God Help Them.
nissanman678 | Nov 20, 2009
I believe it is a mixture of genetics and mindset. Minorities are often brainwashed by the media to feel victimized by "the man" (the old man, not obama).
By listing texas and california you are doing little to disprove this guy’s question. Murder rates are on a per 1000 persons basis. So weither the state has 10,000 or 10,000,000 residence, the proportion is the same.
@Anti-silence, So you’re implying that by being removed from africa and enslaved, their descendants are worse off than those that never left africa? Dang man, watch some news or Google african current events.
Will | Nov 20, 2009
I haven’t done the research because it doesn’t take a genius to see the trend you are talking about. For those who say that no one should bother bringing this up are what enables this to continue. Washington D.C. is also a good example. I guess it’s a form of population control though. That should put a smile on an environmentalist face. At least it’s not the Detroit wood rat that’s being killed everyday right?
liberal lion tamer | Nov 20, 2009
Not sure what the reasons are…most likely it is a lot of contributing factors.
But lets be fair here shall we?
What are the reasons for why over 80% of the child molestations in this country are committed by white men? All those christian/catholic rapist priests and pastors…100% white, not a black or brown man among them. All of these high profile kidnappings/rapes…Smart, Dugard etc..etc..kidnapped and raped by white men.
So it sure seems that it is true that black men commit murder at higher rates than white men, it also seems true that white men commit child rape at higher rates than black or brown men.
Will you be seeking out answers for the child rape racial disparity?
Or is your goal merely to demonize one racial group and give others a pass?
Smarternyou | Nov 20, 2009
Poverty and crime go hand in hand. Where there is one, there will be the other.
SCOTT M | Nov 20, 2009
