SALLY KOHN: What white people need to know, and do, after Ferguson

The Washington Post's PostEverything Blog ^ | November 28, 2014 | Sally Kohn

[2ndDivisionVet]

Benefiting from white privilege is automatic. Defending white privilege is a choice.

In the days before the grand jury

[Ouderkirk]

Biff Tannen....Back to the Future.

[Dr. Ursus]

I pulled this out of my wife’s .............!

[KC_Conspirator]

Its stupid articles like this which 1) make racial strife worse and 2) are sign that western civilization and culture will go into the next dark ages if fools like the author have their way.

[IronJack]

Hear, hear! White people don’t need to do jack shyte. Except stock up on self-defense materiel.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

“When black people are protesting in Ferguson and across America, they’re not protesting against white people.”

Seriously, this author is speculating on rational behavior by *rioters*? Are the rioters “protesting” against the shopkeepers whose stores they looted and burned? Are the rioters “protesting” people they attack?

Black people may not be “protesting” white people, but they are certainly “preferentially victimizing” white people.

[KC_Conspirator]

Well, Sally, I gotta give you credit.

Just when I thought still-breathing members of the species had completely explored the limitations of being stupid and still have a heartbeat, here you go pushing the boundaries of known stupidity another parsec.

Well said.

[Safetgiver]

when a black community is neglected (as in the response to Hurricane Katrina),....Which Harry Reid and Gov. Blanco did on political purposes.

[AppyPappy]

First, she is a privileged white person so her opinion doesn’t matter.
Second, if privilege is such a bad thing, why do we need to extend more of it to minorities? Wouldn’t that be racist?

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Thanks for the long, boring lecture but saying that we whites refuse to recognize our racism while saying that there is virtually no such thing as "playing the race card" is bull shit.

You are right about the segment of the Black Americans that, do I believe you said, are 40 percent of the crime.

You are excusing the problem. Pay attention the the linked article, Lady. It has some pretty good facts.

"Although there is a large disparity between the crime rates of whites and those of African-Americans, any perception that this is based solely on racism quickly evaporates when family structure is considered in the data. When researchers control for marriage, the rates of crime for whites and blacks in each family group are very similar."

It's old data but have things changed much? As I find newer data I prepare them for posting also.

Here are some federal stats.

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Federal Bureau of Investigation November 2003

A race-specific arrest rate refers to the number of arrests per 100,000 inhabitants belonging to a defined race.

The statisticians have updated the race-specific data used in this publication, and therefore, figures may differ slightly from the national averages published in earlier editions of Crime in the United States . The rates represent that portion of the population covered by all agencies that contributed race data for the given offenses. The UCR Program requires that reporting agencies supply the age of arrestees; however, the Program stipulates that the submission of race data is voluntary. Therefore, the population coverage for race statistics is lower than that for age statistics.

AGE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES AND RACE-SPECIFIC ARREST RATES FOR SELECTED OFFENSES, 1993-2001

A note about these data from "Although there is a large disparity between the crime rates of whites and those of African-Americans, any perception that this is based solely on racism quickly evaporates when family structure is considered in the data. When researchers control for marriage, the rates of crime for whites and blacks in each family group are very similar." Crime Index Age and Race, PAGES 59 and 65

	Under 18					18 and over
Year	Total	White	All other races			Total	White	All other races
1993	1,277.7	1,045.9	2,177.2			1,097.6	755.7	2,975.6
1994	1,341.6	1,100.2	2,273.0			1,069.0	755.4	2,768.3
1995	1,302.1	1,063.9	2,215.4			1,075.4	755.3	2,787.2
1996	1,257.8	1,061.0	2,008.0			1,003.2	715.5	2,522.0
1997	1,202.9	1,004.0	1,957.6			996.3	706.0	2,507.8
1998	1,039.8	874.9	1,662.4			927.9	671.8	2,244.3
1999	918.6	760.9	1,510.8			846.2	620.5	1,991.6
2000	853.9	706.9	1,403.0			793.5	587.3	1,827.8
2001	800.7	675.3	1,213.6			788.1	595.9	1,678.8

	Under 18			18 and over
Year	Black	Other Minority races		Black	Other Minority races
	2,628.0	766.7		3,842.2	510.4
	2,748.4	799.5		3,567.6	522.7
	2,684.2	796.5		3,605.0	531.5
	2,402.3	845.1		3,246.0	560.5
	2,364.3	786.2		3,244.8	545.5
	2,031.7	622.7		2,908.8	500.8
	1,854.5	561.3		2,587.7	451.1
	1,739.9	489.4		2,379.4	421.0
	1,656.2	316.5		2,379.2	311.1

Violent Crime Age and Race, PAGES 59 and 65

	Under 18					18 and over
Year	Total	White	All other races			Total	White	All other races
1993	219.8	130.2	567.6			338.4	212.6	1,028.9
1994	230.6	138.6	585.8			338.4	219.5	983.0
1995	228.3	136.8	579.0			346.0	225.8	988.4
1996	204.7	130.2	489.0			313.8	207.7	874.0
1997	197.7	126.2	468.8			321.1	213.3	882.5
1998	178.6	118.4	405.8			301.9	204.8	801.2
1999	162.3	108.5	364.4			280.1	193.3	720.7
2000	149.2	99.1	336.5			266.7	185.7	673.3
2001	142.9	97.4	292.5			260.9	186.1	607.7

	Under 18			18 and over
Year	Black	Other Minority races		Black	Other Minority races
	721.9	84.7		1,341.2	140.8
	743.2	97.8		1,279.1	151.0
	738.1	97.1		1,290.0	156.7
	621.5	98.3		1,138.0	158.5
	599.2	93.0		1,155.3	156.4
	521.6	79.7		1,051.2	145.3
	470.1	72.3		946.4	137.4
	436.3	65.8		883.8	136.4
	415.6	43.1		868.6	98.3

Forcible Rape Age and Race, PAGES 59 and 65

	Under 18					18 and over
Year	Total	White	All other races			Total	White	All other races
1993	9.8	6.7	22.3			17.5	11.7	49.1
1994	9.0	6.2	19.5			16.3	10.8	45.6
1995	8.4	5.6	19.4			15.4	10.1	43.4
1996	8.3	5.8	17.7			14.3	9.6	39.2
1997	8.1	5.6	17.6			14.0	9.5	37.5
1998	7.8	5.7	15.5			13.3	9.4	33.4
1999	7.0	5.5	13.0			12.4	8.8	30.3
2000	6.5	5.0	12.1			11.5	8.4	27.4
2001	6.4	4.9	11.4			11.0	8.1	24.3

	Under 18			18 and over
Year	Black	Other Minority races		Black	Other Minority races
	28.6	2.5		63.5	8.1
	24.6	3.9		58.7	8.9
	25.1	2.4		56.4	7.7
	22.8	2.7		50.8	8.0
	22.9	2.5		48.8	7.4
	20.1	2.8		43.3	7.6
	16.5	3.0		39.5	6.2
	15.9	1.8		35.9	5.6
	16.2	1.5		34.2	4.9

Aggravated Assault Age and Race, PAGES 60 and 66

	Under 18					18 and over
Year	Total	White	All other races			Total	White	All other races
1993	123.7	84.6	275.3			238.8	165.2	643.0
1994	129.2	89.7	281.5			247.1	174.4	641.3
1995	127.0	87.9	277.1			256.3	181.0	659.0
1996	114.2	83.5	231.4			232.6	166.0	583.8
1997	114.0	83.4	229.9			240.8	172.4	597.2
1998	108.1	81.1	210.4			227.8	164.7	552.6
1999	101.1	76.6	193.2			212.9	156.6	498.9
2000	94.7	70.8	184.2			203.9	150.9	469.6
2001	91.9	71.0	160.6			199.2	150.7	423.8

	Under 18			18 and over
Year	Black	Other Minority races		Black	Other Minority races
	347.3	50.0		831.9	105.8
	354.0	56.9		829.5	112.8
	349.9	56.7		854.1	120.9
	291.4	54.4		754.2	122.0
	290.3	55.9		775.2	123.5
	267.4	50.1		719.6	114.4
	246.4	46.2		649.3	110.3
	236.5	42.3		610.3	110.8
	226.3	27.4		600.2	79.3

[Ueriah]

Every so often, when I’m buying something, I ask for my White Privilege discount.

I think it’s an absurd idea, but I have fun with it.

[Two Kids' Dad]

If the author can name one neighborhood that has transitioned from mostly-white to mostly black and seen an overall improvement in living conditions I’d like her to tell me.

It’s not “white privilege”, it’s that whites, by and large, hold themselves and their children to a higher standard. If blacks would try “acting white” and strive for better educations, marriage before child-bearing, and getting to sleep at night instead of roaming the streets they’d be a whole lot better off.

And I’ve said it before that blacks that are angry that they’re viewed in a less-than-positive light need only to teach the next generation that it’s 100% unacceptable to commit crimes and be violent. If blacks suddenly became the most law-abiding group in America, everyone else would quickly recognize it and have a far better overall view toward them. But being their own worst enemy isn’t helping anyone, regardless of any perceived privilege of any other group.

[Lazamataz]

Every so often, when I’m buying something, I ask for my White Privilege discount.

SHUT UP! Don't spill the beans!

[Lazamataz]

White Privilege is a racist term, intended to oppress the soon-to-be White Minority.

DON'T BE A RACIST!

[Brother Cracker]

[isom35]

I always think that is a tampon in her mouth (a Melissa Harris Perry earring)

[Jan_Sobieski]

Someone should make a satirical video called “White Privilege: What really happens when Black Folks are not looking” about how all our grades in school are “A” and we pay for nothing, we can run stop lights, etc...

[Billthedrill]

Go ahead, Sally. Enlighten us. Idiot.

This white person is buying ammo. Because liberal hunting season is coming up.

[peeps36]

I want this douchebag to go for a walk around the streets of downtown Ferguson tonight and see what white privilege gets her. Ferguson = a thug killed by a cop in self defense and a bunch of hood rats lying about the thug being shot in the back. The only thing whites need to know is to stay away from thugs and hood rats.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Cheaper Than Dirt is finally getting .22LR down to reasonable (by today’s standards) prices. Limit three boxes per order.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Like the “Simpsons” episode where the Stonecutters Lodge members had special privileges?