2006-12-07 07:29:15 · 9 answers · asked by SGFASDFG A 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
It is true that statistically Blacks are more prone to violence than Whites. Explanations are racial i.e. racist and stress the race and the colour of the skin which is not to my sense valid ; other explanations are sociological and stress the poverty and the background which is true but why in that case Asian immigrants in the Western world commit less crimes than the blacks ? Others stress the culture of violence and point to Africa where violence is rife. Nobody has the right answer. One thing is sure however, more you give people opportunities to integrate in a population less the crime rate goes up... Crime and violence are the "privilege" of the needy.... The wealthy do not commit violence, they have better and more sublte ways to rip you off... They have trusts, lawers, brokers, debt collectors... Well you know what I mean...
2006-12-07 07:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mimi 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First take a look at the kinds of problems that are being committed by blacks. You will see crimes like robberies, drug abuse and dealing, and murder. All of these are crimes that are alot of the time triggered by the lack of money and the need to have it.
It's not that blacks are innately criminal, it is that the crimes that are regularly broadcast and scrutinized on the news/media are crimes such as the ones listed above. Those are crimes committed by the poor. We see those kinds of crimes broad casted far more than we do about tax fraud.
2006-12-07 19:17:21 · answer #2 · answered by delmonicole 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whites commit more crimes than blacks because there are more of them. Why do blacks commit more crime in Detroit is a dumb question. Because there are more of them in Detroit. If you want an intelligent answer you have to ask an intelligent question. I will be here waiting for you if you can think of one.
2006-12-10 13:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being black does not cause people to be inherently more violent and/or more prone to commit crimes. (That kind of thinking leads to many law-abiding black people around the U.S. getting treated like they're guilty until proven innocent.)
There's a very important third variable: poverty. Of the poor people in Detroit, for example, what percentage is black? And what is the percentage of black people among the population as a whole? I'm guessing the first number is higher.
2006-12-07 16:01:52 · answer #4 · answered by Dave of the Hill People 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately they are still oppressed as a race and I find it a sad, deplorable situation. There aren't many options for them to get out of the cycle that oppression and poverty have left them in. Some get out, but nowhere near an acceptable level. I'm hoping things will change for minorities everywhere. True equality amongst the myriad races on the planet is a long time in coming. Hopefully it will come sooner rather than later.
2006-12-10 12:13:16 · answer #5 · answered by sexmagnet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ignorance, Impatience and hopelessness.Maybe not enough opportunity in the land of milk and honey as seen in the mind of criminals. Wanting to have too much too fast.
2006-12-07 21:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by pooh_gran_four 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a combination of sense of hoplessness meets racism.
2006-12-07 17:12:46 · answer #7 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause they can. They get away with most of it. It's only the stupid ones that we hear about. Now they are all coming into "your" neighborhood via apartments and run down neighborhoods to do their dirties there.........
2006-12-07 16:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by TMAC 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
they dont want white people to notice they dont know why they believe sumone could be confused and think white people look rasist
2006-12-07 17:37:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋