A black teen is more likely to be killed by another black teen.

A black teen is more likely to be killed by another black teen.

WSJ sez black men need to solve their own problems: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... ason+riley

I'd post it, but they'd probably sue Biggie.

Here's a snippet:

Any candid debate on race and criminality in this country would have to start with the fact that blacks commit an astoundingly disproportionate number of crimes. African-Americans constitute about 13% of the population, yet between 1976 and 2005 blacks committed more than half of all murders in the U.S. The black arrest rate for most offenses—including robbery, aggravated assault and property crimes—is typically two to three times their representation in the population. The U.S. criminal-justice system, which currently is headed by one black man (Attorney General Eric Holder) who reports to another (President Obama), is a reflection of this reality, not its cause.

"High rates of black violence in the late twentieth century are a matter of historical fact, not bigoted imagination," wrote the late Harvard Law professor William Stuntz in "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice." "The trends reached their peak not in the land of Jim Crow but in the more civilized North, and not in the age of segregation but in the decades that saw the rise of civil rights for African Americans—and of African American control of city governments."

The left wants to blame these outcomes on racial animus and "the system," but blacks have long been part of running that system. Black crime and incarceration rates spiked in the 1970s and '80s in cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia, under black mayors and black police chiefs. Some of the most violent cities in the U.S. today are run by blacks.

Bill Cosby agrees with this.

Bill Cosby agrees with this.

Bill is mostly right.

I think spmack posted a picture of Sue Biggie in the muffin top discussion over in the DB section.

That's a fact. Even then very few people notice. We're about 13% of the population but account for nearly 70% of all murders annually.

WSJ sez black men need to solve their own problems: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... ason+riley

I'd post it, but they'd probably sue Biggie.

Here's a snippet:

Any candid debate on race and criminality in this country would have to start with the fact that blacks commit an astoundingly disproportionate number of crimes. African-Americans constitute about 13% of the population, yet between 1976 and 2005 blacks committed more than half of all murders in the U.S. The black arrest rate for most offenses—including robbery, aggravated assault and property crimes—is typically two to three times their representation in the population. The U.S. criminal-justice system, which currently is headed by one black man (Attorney General Eric Holder) who reports to another (President Obama), is a reflection of this reality, not its cause.

"High rates of black violence in the late twentieth century are a matter of historical fact, not bigoted imagination," wrote the late Harvard Law professor William Stuntz in "The Collapse of American Criminal Justice." "The trends reached their peak not in the land of Jim Crow but in the more civilized North, and not in the age of segregation but in the decades that saw the rise of civil rights for African Americans—and of African American control of city governments."

The left wants to blame these outcomes on racial animus and "the system," but blacks have long been part of running that system. Black crime and incarceration rates spiked in the 1970s and '80s in cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia, under black mayors and black police chiefs. Some of the most violent cities in the U.S. today are run by blacks.

Why can't this be a topic that's addressed as though adults are talking by people of actual consequence?
(not complaining at you two ... me likey you two ... though I think that's known ... just reaffirming it for good measure)

Amongst your sphere of influences, doesn't that question come up as more than a throwaway "mmm-hmm" remark?
I have a sneaking suspicion that both of you have asked a similar question and been derided for it, and I actually factually feel bad if that's the case. I just don't know why people (me included) get swept up by the wrong things so easily while ignoring real issues and/or problems that should catch our attention much more wholly. Never mind really important stories such as Edward Snowden where ever creed and color should have a laser-like focus on.

I just sat here for a couple minutes and I'm not quite able to ascertain what my point was. So, in lieu of something intelligent, here's a "hello".

There is no question the people who committed these crimes are responsible for there actions. That being said there is more to it than just that. Drugs and poverty took over many strong communities. Black and brown people aren't born criminals. Unfortunately they become a product of their environments and those of us that are lucky enough to make it out can look back and see how things could have gone the other way. I know Trading Places was a movie but it is my believe that some of you would also make some of the same bad decisions.

With all due respect Nas, I disagree wholeheartedly.

A lot of what's "wrong" with society and certain environments revolve around individuals making bad choices. Sure, people don't choose to live in poverty or around drug-infested neighborhoods. People choose to pull a trigger or shoot up their next fix.

Good people remain good because of making the right choices in the hardest moments of their lives.

It's all learned helplessness, and it's really fucking sad.

Not a problem. A lot of people share your views. The reality isn't that simple. We would all do things we wouldn't normally do to survive if put in a certain situation. It is my belief that does not make you a bad person.

Shut the fuck up SomeGuy! You don't know shit about anything!

He's DEAD, OKC, DEAD.

You have to learn to let go! Remember the good times and Coke II!

What's the solution?

A national guard squad on every street corner.

#PrisonAtHome

What's the solution?