Posted on 07/26/2013 4:15:32 PM PDT by marktwain
Someone stopped by searching for “why are white people terrified of minorities?”
Good question – If I thought “white people” were actually terrified of minorities, and if I just had a socially acceptable answer to support that belief. So let me scratch my head and walk around that one, while I search for an answer – and a suggested solution should the premise prove viable.
Of course, if the surmise is correct, the problem is called xenophobia, “stranger fear” in ancient Greek. Having seen many competent minorities of all varieties gladly accepted both socially and professionally by whites, I cannot accept that whites generally are xenophobic. Specifically is another matter. There are haters in every group of humans, and the most noticeable of those are the ones who judge a person by skin color.
While I am sure that severe xenophobia exists, many palefaces consider they have good reason to approach unfamiliar black faces with some caution. Essentially, the 2010 census found 12.6 percent of Americans are black while 72.4 percent were white. So there were 5.746 whites to every black Americans. If the percentage of murderers were the same in both populations, there would just under 6 white murderers to each black murderer. Yet the FBI reports that 2,958 of 5,862 or 50.46 percent of black or white ‘offenders,’ murderers, were black. (click on the graphics for a clearer view)
For a closer look at what the Center for Disease Control feels is the age group at greatest risk, here is a graphic that more clearly shows the relationship between black, white, and Hispanic murder rates in the 10 to 24 age group:
Of course, there is a bad reason the black violent crime rates are that high. Those rates are quite representative of a disarmed people whose economic opportunities are limited. Given the facts, it should be obvious that some palefaces, living in areas where the black murder rate is particularly high, have reason to look askance at a strange black face suddenly showing up in front of their house, or even worse, in their “personal space.”
And that leaves us with a two part answer to the question implied in the search.
The solution to the crime rate in disarmed black communities is to enable every law abiding citizen to “take the Old Cops advice*” and avail themselves of the “cactus defense” of “take a bite if you dare but it’s going to hurt you.” Many black societies began to arm, or rather rearm, themselves after the States loosened restrictive gun laws in 1992 and 1993. The result is clearly visible in the CDC graphic, where the homicide rate in the most at-risk segments of black society have been cut in half in just 18 years.
Societies that arm themselves against criminal predation have extremely low violent crime rates; while societies that give criminals an “all safe” signal in the form of restrictive gun and self defense laws are like any other prison. They are unsafe even with armed guards and razor wire topped fences. They are also poverty stricken, since each active criminal on the loose costs their community upwards of a million dollars a year, with the bulk of the costs falling on those living with six blocks of where the criminal sleeps.
The solution to the xenophobia problem is something many are unwilling to try. Small talk. You have no chance of becoming a trusted member of the other guy’s in-group if you don’t talk to members of that group. Talk is the “key that opens many locks.” There is little chance of gaining the mutual trust between demographic groups many say they want unless the groups start with talk about the many smaller things every human has in common.
Stranger
* The Old Cop’s advice was to “get a gun, learn to use it, and use it if you have to.” A half century later, today’s version would be “get a gun, learn to use it, get a permit, carry it everywhere, and use it when you have to.” The decline in the United State’s crime rate since it became feasible shows just how effective that advice is.
How many black people killed you for no reason?
Leftists love to equivocate about whether "black" is a race or a culture, so that they can brand as racist anyone who says anything bad about the culture. The fact that the culture rejects anyone without dark skin does not make those who oppose the culture racist. Tolerance and peaceful coexistence require reciprocity. Those who would push for a notion of tolerance that does not require reciprocity in fact promote intolerance.
I’m not afraid, but I am aware. A black man killed my cousin in a robbery, and two black men stuck a gun in my sister’s face and threatened to kill her in a robbery. No crime of violence has ever been perpetrated on my family by a white person.
Whites are not terrified of minorities. And speaking for me, I am pretty goddamned tired of being told what to think by animals and their money grubbing enablers.
They are terrified of the behavior minorities have openly displayed to the point that the minority is automatically associated with that behavior. That is constantly reinforced by the media popularization of the negative behaviors as “Culture.”
It ain’t culture, it’s using that word to normalize shitty behavior.
I have two statements that make peoples heads explode when I use them:
1. If you don’t like being judged by a stereotype, don’t work so damn hard to live up to it.
2. The “N” word is not a race, it is a voluntary behavior
Fact #2: 3% of the US population is made up of young, black, males.
Fact# 3: The chances that any one attacker would be young, black, and male is 1 in 33.
Fact #4: To find the odds that all 3 attackers would be young, black, and male, you multiply 33 X 33 X 33.
Fact #5: 33 X 33 X 33 = 35,937. That is to say, the odds are ONE in 35,937.
Am I looking over my shoulder? You don't need the Calculus to figure it out.
Post number 25 is what happened to me. I enjoy the company of many black people. People who would never hurt a flea. But my experience with young black males in the street who I do not know, with whom I have never even attempted to communicate anything negative, has been horrible.
“Europe’s murder rate is lower than ours because they’re negro and Mexican rate is also lower than ours even though it’s true and well supported by the evidence.”
The argument is not that Europe’s population of black people have a lower rate of murder than black people in the U.S., because it is culture that is important, not color. There is no significant population of African-Americans in Europe.
I doubt that there is a significant population of Mexicans in Europe, though I specifically stated Hispanic-Americans.
Hispanic-Americans are a very diverse group. Mexicans are probably the highest numbers of Hispanic-Americans in the United States, but there are many others.
Interestingly, Spaniards in the US do not want to be included in that group. (can't blame 'em).
Because she'll kick my @ss if I track dirt into the house?
Where do these race-baiting primates come from? Hard to imagine they endure the reality of what's coming.
Street thug culture is a subset of mostly urban black culture. However, if you observe their ‘leadership’, one begins to wonder. Perhaps one day the mainstream black culture will recognize and VERBALIZE that they are most likely to be victimized by one of their own. Until that time comes, dialogue is almost pointless. This is a black culture problem that can only be solved within.
As long as we're all talking so openly and speaking as a black man, I will volunteer that no one regrets more deeply that I white capitulation to the racial extortionists. It's always been clear that when the black marauders take over the first victims will be the nearest; to wit, decent blacks living in their midst.
I was approached back in the 80s by some character with a petition in support of Farrakhan. When I refused to sign it, he said "that's OK brother, but we'll remember you in the revolution."
It is not so much “terrified” as “bring it on”, right?
Thank you for your kind condolences, and ... as far as race, thanks for mentioning that you are black. To me you’ve always been, and remain, a good conservative. Period. :)
Wouldn’t black people be terrified of black people?
Those stats would be more meaningful if they screened out murders by people who know each other (family, roommates, etc.) and showed the stats for murders by strangers. It seems to me the vast majority are the former, and that’s not what people are worried about.
Why is the Rev-rund Jackson terrified of minorities?
Tell ‘em good luck with that revolution. Especially when you encounter 12:1 odds and the other side is a bunch of experienced deer hunters.
“Why is a dog eating homosexual Asian -———————
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Huh? Dog eating? My daughter in law is Asian-—I’ve known her for almost 20 years.
Where do you get this stuff?
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Halfway through the second sentence, I knew the author’s name without looking... Laz, you magnificent bastard!
:)
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