2007-06-26 02:54:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I don't see how.
2007-06-26 02:56:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't particularly think so. Sadly this may just be one of those tricks of statistics. If you are serious and you bother to look into it. Crime tends to be somewhat confined within its racial (or socio-economic) groups. Its a question of access. That's why it is such a big deal when a black kills some other race or a white does so. Its actually somewhat unusual. These days the press seems to like stories on the "dangerous streets", it plays well in Peoria as they say.
Check out the following headline;
"Wealthy white male kills white wife..."
2007-06-26 08:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by barrydalmi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This violence is linked to their culture. The culture of any group is formed over long periods of time. It is a complex blend of language, beliefs, customs, values, and traditions developed by a group of people and shared with others in the same environment. Slavery certainly did play a part in shaping their culture.
2007-06-26 03:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, it isn't. Slavery has nothing to do with black-on-black violence. It's all about the drug culture and easy money and bad influences and low self-esteem.
2007-06-26 05:04:48 · answer #4 · answered by nolajazzyguide 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is because once divided any group of people will fall.
I don't know if you are acquainted with the Willie Lynch letter (written by William Lynch a slave holder) but the document describes strategies to pin Blacks against each other (the largest male against the smaller ones, house servants against field servants, and light skinned servants against darker ones.)
Slavery reinforced Black on Black violence by ensuring that the people had an in depth hatred for themselves (remember tar baby, n***a naps, and other names against Black people some of which were created by Black people) which is still present today.
We have done as the Bible indicates (to forgive our brethren for they knew not what they did) but we have yet to forgive ourselves and yet to accept our selves.
We are dark, our bones are larger and generally thicker than that of the Caucasian race, our voices ring, cheekbones high, color rich, lips thick, hair NAPPY, and noses broad.
Our place of origin is now regarded as the origin of the first woman (Eve.) Our own are struggling in the vast lands of Africa (especially Dafur, Sudan) and else where in the world. Our people are all around us, whether White, Black, Mongoloid, Native American, or Middle Eastern.
We have been too mingled to hate everything.
But yet we continue to hate ourselves.
2007-06-26 03:11:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no. Black on Black violence, if in a poor neighborhood, happens because they are in close quarters.
It is natural that when people are in poor living conditions, with little help from the government, they turn to crime. It just so happens that they redirect their anger at one another.
2007-06-26 02:57:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
everything bad that happens is blamed on slavery. Africans did sell their brothers into slavery and did again enslave them after they left US and went to liberia.
2007-06-29 07:43:43 · answer #7 · answered by TAT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is because in blacks in Africa never developed firearms on their own. They used spears as weapons. Now that they are here in a modern country, they are very fascinated and curious about guns. And when they learn how to load and shoot them, they think it is "cool" to shoot other people with them.
2007-06-26 05:37:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it was linked to slavery it would be black on white
2007-06-26 02:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by Andy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. It's selfish thought, just like any violence.
2007-06-26 02:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by Stephanie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋