In 2005, there were 45 deaths ruled as "homicide" by the coroners office in my city. This past monday in my local newspaper, they had pictures of all 45 murder victims. 43 were black and 2 were white.
Of all homicides in my city in 2005, 95.55% were black individuals (most young black men). 4.44% of the murders were white individuals (both in their 30's).
Now, black people make up 39.1% of the city population and whites constitute 59.5% of the population. Obviously, the number of homicides is greatly disproportionate to the actual population. Why is this???
Is it racism??? Are blacks more prone to violence???
I don't view my city as having a big gang problem. My city has a female black mayor who does nothing but criticize the local police. Of the 13 council members, there are 11 blacks and 2 whites. The mayor and all 11 black council members are democrats, one of the whites is a democrat, and one is a republican. Since this group has been in charge, crime has spiralled out of control, drug crimes have increased greatly, and the police force has seen major cutbacks.
Why is there an unusually high number of black people being murdered in the US relative to every other group???
Of all homicides in my city in 2005, 95.55% were black individuals (most young black men). 4.44% of the murders were white individuals (both in their 30's).
Now, black people make up 39.1% of the city population and whites constitute 59.5% of the population. Obviously, the number of homicides is greatly disproportionate to the actual population. Why is this???
Is it racism??? Are blacks more prone to violence???
I don't view my city as having a big gang problem. My city has a female black mayor who does nothing but criticize the local police. Of the 13 council members, there are 11 blacks and 2 whites. The mayor and all 11 black council members are democrats, one of the whites is a democrat, and one is a republican. Since this group has been in charge, crime has spiralled out of control, drug crimes have increased greatly, and the police force has seen major cutbacks.
Why is there an unusually high number of black people being murdered in the US relative to every other group???
Because they are put down, turned away from jobs for lacking the ability to speak english, "forced" to live in low income areas, forced to go to schools that they themselves destroy and all around fucked in the ass by society, they are angry. They deserve to be angry. I would be. 
