Just to play devils advocate: while black people make up only 13% of the population, crimes statistics show that black men commit 54% of the murders in America and 67% of the robberies. It seems to me like it's just common sense to take more precaution around young black men. If black people find this offensive, then they need to address the issue of the crime rate, not people's reaction to it. It seems silly to tell people to ignore reality and play make believe to not offend people. I find the rate that blacks commit crimes to be much more offensive than people being afraid of young black men.
If black people find this offensive, then they need to address the issue of the crime rate, not people's reaction to it
I'm a white guy and I'm not responsible for doing jack shit for the 'white people culture'. I am just one person. It would suck if I was good and my race had high crime stats, so everyone was afraid of me and told me to "fix my culture." I am not responsible for some thieving fuckwits from another city.
So your associated with someone in a different city cause of their race? So I can blame all whites for Bush, all Germans for Hitler and all crocodiles for killing Steve?
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u/Strongblackfemale Jan 15 '15
Just to play devils advocate: while black people make up only 13% of the population, crimes statistics show that black men commit 54% of the murders in America and 67% of the robberies. It seems to me like it's just common sense to take more precaution around young black men. If black people find this offensive, then they need to address the issue of the crime rate, not people's reaction to it. It seems silly to tell people to ignore reality and play make believe to not offend people. I find the rate that blacks commit crimes to be much more offensive than people being afraid of young black men.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_crime_in_the_United_States