Conservatives are also a minority, and we get called all kinds of names that aren’t true, either; so don’t take it personally. If you’re not sure about the statistics cited, search the FBI crime statistics on ther web site.
Certainly the history of discrimination figures in; but what would be so desirable after the past half century since Jim Crow was outlawed would be for American blacks to feel the same freedom whites do when a member of their erhnic group commits a crime: say to yourself, “What’s that got to do with me? If my kid did that, I’d kick his ass.”
What gets reported in the mainstream media, typically, are full-throated defenses of the person who did the criminal behavior and immediate cries of racism because the person was apprehended for crimes that are in full view on video, or have supporting DNA evidence. This is wearisome and is not helping young people to learn that actual crimes have serious consequences.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3886698/posts
Be sure to read the entire article linked there, not just the opening paragraphs on FR, to hear a discussion of how the distortion of information is involved in the case of BLM, and how that may turn out to have the opposite affect on the community.