The problem here that nobody wants to point out of a fear of being labelled a racist is that the culture these people grow up in is completely screwed up. Police do not end up going after these black guys more than white guys because they are racist, anymore than the police arrest more men than women because they are sexist. Why are blacks disproportionately incarcerated? Its because they commit more crime.
Despite making up less than 15% of the US population, blacks commit for 55% of all robbery, 49% of all murder and more than a 1/3 of all rape. (Source: FBI crime database)
Young black men kill 14X more than young white men. (Source: Time Magazine)
Even when controlling for socio-economic status, black still show disproportionately higher crime rates. Even blacks from richer backgrounds have higher rates of violent crimes than poor whites. (Source: Harvard study of racial disparity in crime)
Blacks accounted for nearly 50% of all homicide victims in the U.S, and 93% of these victims are killed by other blacks. (Source: US Department of Justice)
Black males, which account for only 6% of the US population, commit 1 in every 3 rapes in America. Black men rape thousands of white women every year.
While neighborhoods with high levels of poverty and high unemployment do have a weak correlation with crime rate, the strongest correlation with crime is the percentage of blacks within a neighborhood.
So what’s my point? Are facts racist? Its that these stereotypes did not appear out of thin air. Blacks are not targeted by the police because the police hate non-whites, if that was true than Asians or Indians would be just as targeted. But they aren’t because they don’t have anywhere near the crime rates of blacks. And that comes from a culture that glorifies crime and sees being educated and intellectually engaged in a negative way, they call it “acting white”.
Its the exact same reason the police arrest and kill a lot more men than women. Not because the police are sexist towards men, but because men commit disproportionately more crime and murder then women.
I can't count the times I've done that, and with my adult accomplice as well.
I've forgotten how many times I've reached for an officer's gun.
I'm guessing "white privilege" is blocking my memory somehow.
Oh, wait. I've never behaved like a thug.
Guess I've been lucky, because apparently there are cops out there who just execute innocent gentle giants ALL THE TIME.
Candidate Barack said that it doesn’t make you a (macho) man to make a baby, that black men need to “man up” and be fathers in the lives of their sons and daughters (of course, Barry would know from personal experience).
“Rev.” Jesse Jackson and other self-appointed black leaders came out against Barack (Jesse made a threat against Mr. Obama’s gonads). And that was the end of that appeal from Barack Obama.