So then what do we say to Black people who live in these neighborhoods work their behinds off trying to get on with an honest life. Sorry about the thugs that burned down your neighborhood? We can do better than that.
Once while e driving thru an inner-city black neighborhood, a white friend expressed amazement that so many windows and doors had burglar bars.
He thought only white people need to protect their stuff from burglars; he’d never considered the possibility that criminals might target their own neighbors. He figured blacks are all on the same side and have some kind of unwritten rule not to commit crimes against other blacks.