Look at the poor asians in this country, their crime rates still aren't anywhere as high as certain other races that like to play the poverty card. It's ashame excuses are made to hide racial problems, such as crime in a certain race.
I'm not gonna specify as I will be called an racist for telling the truth. Bill Cosby's speech at the NAACP was right on.
2006-12-15 13:28:37 · 5 answers · asked by da_bigunit 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Poverty is only one factor related to crime and criminality. I don't know anyone who suggests that it is the only factor. But it is no more legitimate to ignore the role of poverty than it is to suggest it is the only cause.
2006-12-15 13:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by senlin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If poverty caused crime, then all of uncles would have become serial killers. All I heard about my entire youth was how poor they were.
Asian people have something good going for them - they don't have any race-hustling poverty-pimps in their community. Let's hope it stays that way.
"I don't care what people are saying Uptown or wherever they are. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be."
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
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2006-12-15 15:19:54 · answer #2 · answered by Zak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife, her sister, and my wife's parents came to the US from communist cuba. They had NOTHING when they came. They got NO support from the government. And they could NOT speak English. Her dad got a job the first week. Her mother got a job a few weeks later.
Now you get someone who is young, male, and black, and they cannot find a job. Why, because they cannot read, write, or pass the drug test to get a job. It is everyone's fault but theirs! They all want to be rappers, entertainers, but they cannot get out of bed to even show up on time for a job, when they have a job.
I work for a big company and everyone get's to work on time, works a full week, except ONLY for the black employees. They have a million reasons why they cannot come to work. Why is it ONLY them? Today it rained. NONE came to work because they cannot drive in the rain. Everyone else did. Including the spanish, the asians, and the whites.
Bill Cosby needs to put his speech into a CD and give it to everyone in the USA. I BET the NAACP will not ask him to go back again! Protest THAT, Jackson!!
2006-12-15 13:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
you shouldn't judge other people's situations by what you observe, there is more than meets the eye. I don't think that criminals say they did it because they were poor, but their is a correlation between socio-economics, and crime. But now that we are somewhat prosecuting rich people for their crimes, as well, maybe there won't be such a divide. Rich people don't commit less crimes, they just get out of the consequences more often. Not all rich people are corrupt, not all poor people are criminals. You just keep working hard for yourself, and don't worry how other people live their lives. Their choices will affect them
2016-05-22 22:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing race as the most important characteristic about a person is usually defined as "being a racist". You are only telling your version of the truth. Men have a much higher crime rate than women, the young commit more crimes than the old, the poor more than the rich, the dumb more the smart etc. I can assure that smart rich old black women have a much lower crime rate than do dumb poor young Asian men.
2006-12-15 15:42:31 · answer #5 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋