Why is it that, while I listen to this police-scanner, all I am hearing is..?

Question

Black male with a hoodie. Black male with a hoodie. Black male with a hoodie and a black female: both 16-18. group of 3 black males...
two black males in a green Taurus...etc.etc???

If blacks only make up approximately 10% of the population in MN, why are all of the crime stats skewed towards this smaller group?

In the neighborhood that I grew up in (inner-city), the crime has skyrocketed, coinciding with the influx of black residents. Many others, such as hispanic, somali and asian have flooded the area too and most of the problems seem to be caused by african-americans. Why is this?

I attended school with many, many minorities and have friends who are from many different nationalities (including black), so this is not a prejudiced question.

It isn't just the crime reports. I am from the inner-city. I have ran with gang members as a youth. I travel through the getto. And yes, I personally know and have friends who would be considered criminals. I have 'street' deep in my blood, so this isn't just stuff I read in the paper. I am about to go somewhere in a minute, and this is what I'll see out there.

Answer 1

Someone needs to inform you of the following:

#1) The perception that you are trying to make of this
group is simply untrue; it seems to be based largely
on the area in which you grew up; and is not at all
reflective of the majority of the members of this group.

A good book that covers accurately research
information on this particular group is called:

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE: FIGHTING CULTURAL
MISINFORMATION ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS"

(-- written by 'Ferai Chideya' -- Harvard University
graduate; Newsweek correspondent; and
Meet the Press anchorperson).

#2) Your happening to have "attended school with many,
many minorities and have friends who are from many
different nationalities (including black)" does *not *
prevent either you or your question from being prejudiced.

#3) The 'African-American' (AA) 'Ethnic' group is *not* the
same group as the 'Black American' (BA) 'Race' group;
the two (2) terms are *not* synonymous and that the
two (2) terms should *not* be used inter-changeably.

And yet the police, social workers, etc., tend to erroneously
categorize every so-called "black" person as being an
'African-American' (AA) -- which results in the AAs being
forced to carry the burden of having every negative "black"
action falsely attributed to this one small Ethnic group.

We are *not* speaking of ‘semantics’ here – but rather
– the BAs & AAs are two different groups of people.

The AAs are the (largely Mixed-Race) ETHNIC group.

The BAs are the (Mono-Raced) RACE group.

As confusing as it seems -- the U.S. government
[due to racism & wanting to stigmatize the part
of their lineage that was from Africa which, by
the way, is only one part of their lineage] ---

has labeled those individuals who are the known
"descendents of the survivors" of the system of
chattel-slavery found in the USA as being AAs
(the hyphen is used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that most of them are Mixed-Race,
with African & non-African blood lines)

AND

has labeled those people who are "volitional immigrants"
who are directly from places such as the continent of
African, the West Indies, etc. -- as being BAs
(with the word 'Black' used in reference to acknowledging
the fact that they are of a Mono-racial full-Black lineage).

Related Links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/991
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1399

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1570
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1573

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1402
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1400

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1032
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation-Mixed/message/1034.

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Answer 2

This is interesting, You will always get different answers and different opinions regarding a question of this nature. Remember that statistics can be misleading if u dont know the facts... and everyone has there opinion usually based on there life experience, whether it be information gathered from reading , friends or actual experiences. I have had the opportunity to live in the ghetto as it is refered to, for 20 years and i often visit friends and family now.
But I also have the opportunity to have lived in uppermiddle class neighborhood for the past 20 years.

Believe me if law enforcement decided to focus on any class, or race of people... you would be amazed at what they would find. I'm amazed at what i see people get away with, and believe me its not blacks.
Just becuz a crime is coated with upper class society doesn't make it any less of a crime. Stealing is stealing no matter how u do it . Abuse is abuse no matter if its on the streets of the Ghetto or behind the doors of a $ 800,000.00 home.

If you haven't got the point. You probably never will. If you do
or dont just remember to be a positive influence from your actions.

Answer 3

it is a fact that more crimes are committed by blacks. It is a fact. If you ax (sry) a black person they will say the police are targeting blacks and are racist. If you ask anyone else, they will say that it is because blacks commit more crimes.

Blacks now make up 12% of the U.S. population but are 42% of the prison population.

Make up your own mind about why you are hearing so many more police calls for black male in a hoodie.

Answer 4

some say more black men are arrested because police focus their presence in black communities.

black men can also be scapegoats for actions of others (remember Susan Smith or that guy in Boston? killed their loved ones, blamed a black man).

some say most white crime is less visible - an exec can steal 1,000 times what a petty theif can make of with, and never get caught.

that's not to say there aren't black men who do commit crimes, but there is no way to say the system is fair.

Answer 5

A positive black role model is absent from their life as well as the media they watch and listen to, thus making a life of crime, drugs, and violence a socially acceptable norm amongst them?

Answer 6

Because one black man with a hoodie has commited some crime just then?

Answer 7

Why do people always say they have black friends when they say negative comments about black people?

I wish I was one of you black friends because I would tell you how much you generalized me and it was upsetting.