[4rcane]

If its black on white crime or muslim on west the Left will seriously examine their grievance as legitimate reason for violence. They are considered “brave and courageous”

[Soul of the South]

There is no justification for racist violence. There is also no justification for liberals ignoring the fact that black on white violence is much more common in the United States than white on black violence. Until the national dialogue on race acknowledges black racism exists and contributes to the problem, there will be no solution.

[Paulie]

I’ve long heard that the original black panthers themselves used rape accusations in the late 60’s- early 70’s as an excuse for racial violence.

But that was okay, I guess.

[Sherman Logan]

It is probable that many, even most, of the rape accusations in the Jim Crow South were untrue. However, it is illogical to assume, as the article does, that every single one was false.

The article also glides carefully past the statistics from today showing that black rape of white women is far, far more common than white men raping black women, a crime that almost doesn’t exist.

[Islander7]

Jamelle Bouie is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute and a Writing Fellow for The American Prospect magazine in Washington D.C. His speciality is US politics—with a focus on parties, elections and campaign finance—and his work has appeared at The Washington Independent, CNN.com, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog at the Atlantic, in addition to regular blogging and analysis at The Prospect. He is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, and lives in Washington D.C, though his heart remains in Charlottesville, VA.

[Islander7]

Jamelle Bouie is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute and a Writing Fellow for The American Prospect magazine in Washington D.C. His speciality is US politics—with a focus on parties, elections and campaign finance—and his work has appeared at The Washington Independent, CNN.com, and Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog at the Atlantic, in addition to regular blogging and analysis at The Prospect. He is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia, and lives in Washington D.C, though his heart remains in Charlottesville, VA.

[ought-six]

Maybe he should tell that to Channon Christian’s family.

[Ancient Man]

See: South Africa.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The article made a serious tactical mistake by not considering the obvious extrapolation:

“Is racist violence justification for racist violence?”

It isn’t racism that causes black Americans to *butcher* other black Americans at a ridiculous rate. As someone recently observed, was black America a country, it would have a higher rate of violence per capita than any other country in the world.

And when black Americans carry out their violence against *any* other ethnic group, they invariably scream hate-filled racist epithets at them while doing so. Often this violence is mob-based, their victims being outnumbered, and the effort is far more to injure or even kill than robbery or other motive. Pure, unbridled racial hate from black Americans against other Americans.

Right now, there is a grand experiment in progress. Some black Americans have railed at and attacked the police trying to protect them from the vicious and violent in their own communities. After getting a lot of grief from the people they are protecting, the police are giving up, and allowing the violent blacks to carry out violence in their own communities unchecked.

But this needs extrapolation as well. Some in the political left no longer want the police or courts to inhibit, arrest, or imprison the criminally violent offenders. But as with most things, they have not considered the consequences of doing so.

On the first day of the Rodney King riot, blacks invaded the Korean area and robbed and looted stores, while assaulting people. By the second day, had any rioter so much set foot in the Korean area, they would have been shot on sight.

Now imagine that extrapolated to the rest of the country. People of any other ethnic group see a group of young black men hanging out in their neighborhood, and an armed group of people will approach them and tell them to leave and not return.

Is this racism? Certainly. However, it also exhibits courtesy. If you wish to leave in peace, you may do so. If you refuse, we will kill you on the spot.

And yes, the people with guns will be white, for the most part. But they will also be Hispanic and Asian, two groups who admit to having zero “racial guilt” about black people.

[samtheman]

Rape is a justification for violent retribution. But it should be retribution against the rapist, not against his racial group. None of the victims of the church shooting were rapists. The article engages in and encourages race-based thinking, which is one of he cornerstones of liberal thought.

[Chainmail]

Ping for later.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s ridiculous to look for any justifications for his actions within his manifesto.

His actions were indefensible.

The left will use his arguments to condemn others.

And as far as gun control, from what I heard on radio last night, he was a felon and couldn’t buy a gun. Allegedly his father bought him the gun (knowing he couldn’t) which is also a felony (and wouldn’t be stopped by background checks).

[Kozak]

According to the FBI 2013 crime statistics there were 14000 Black on White Rapes. White on Black were statistically zero.

Excuse for mass murder? No.
But real problem. Yes.

[tbw2]

Per FBI stats, fewer than ten black women are raped by white men per year. Tens of thousands of white women are raped by black men a year.

And that’s separate from black on white violence called the knockout game and polar bear hunting. Whitegirlbleedalot.com is one of the few places actually tallying that.

[cyborg]

He is talking about a history that isn’t taught in schools. There are a lot of white people that don’t care about the history because they can’t face it. There are a lot of black people that rather talk about the history because the stats of today aren’t in their favor. Both can’t talk to eachother so we’ll continue having these issues.

[Carry me back]

Dont like that nine people were killed. But these things happen. Always have.

[Gay State Conservative]

Rape as unjustified justification for racist violence

Geeze,Jamelle,are there any other observations you want to make regarding the bleedin' obvious???