So let's just take your assertions here to their logical ends. You are asserting that the levels of black men's arrest, involvement in violent crime, and killing by police is justified. It is not some problem or inconsistency in society that leads to these higher levels of risk. Police are just doing their jobs. That would lead one to believe that racially, there is just something different with black people that causes them to be subject to more police scrutiny and more police violence.
So we should then expect to find this same pattern across the world - even where black people are in the majority and have economic and political power. That's where these "it is what it is" and "they have the same opportunities as everyone else" lines of reasoning fails. There is now and never has been anything intrinsically different about black men that makes them more prone to violence. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with black people that makes them more likely to live in poverty.
The truth is that populations that have been subjected to colonialism, traditionally marginalized and discriminated against STILL suffer the effects of that treatment - and the treatment still continues in many ways. That's the part that white Americans don't get. I'm afraid most never will. AND that's the light black people who have an audience are trying to shine into the darkness; the battle for equality is not finished.
I don't think anyone is saying that there is some genetic difference that causes these disparities.
However it isn't a huge leap to surmise that if one group does something more often there is a greater chance that a negative consequence of that action will be more prevalent. That premise can be applied to any statistical group across any category you wish.
The crime statistics are pretty clear, per the BJS, FBI and CDC, concerning what racial group commits violent crime at a statistically higher rate than their corresponding percentage of the population. To date 23% (165 of 730) of people killed this year by police are black, and 44% (326 of 730) are white. Many of these people were armed and the escalation of force was justified. Sadly some were not. And yes the unjustified ones need attention but so do so many other and bigger issues.
Maybe it is just my perception, crappy coverage by the MSM, or maybe its not a priority but groups like BLM appear to never address the driving socio-economic factors behind the perceived differences or racial inequalities between black and white people. Its just racism. IMO, when all you do is play the victim and race card the message falls on deaf ears, those deaf ears aren't only white.
Honest question, can someone explain to me, at least from what I see, why is it when a black person points out the bigger issues in the black community and doesn't just scream racism they are called names and castigated?
Here is what I see are the biggest problems in the US and this is applied equally across all racial groups.
1. LBJ's war on poverty was an atom bomb dropped on the population and it significantly affected the black community. It created generations of people depending on the government and incentivized people to depend on the government instead of themselves.
2. The rate of kids raised without two parents is disgustingly out of control but no one seems to see the connection between this and inter-generational poverty, higher rates of crime, drug use and incarceration.
3. The education system is lacking in this country but would be significantly improved if item #2 above was solved and parents were involved and education truly started at home.
4. We have to stop calling people names when we disagree with their POV. You can't even begin to have a discussion and reach a common ground if the other side is only willing to hurl insults.
5. Identity politics are for lemmings and those that cannot make up their own minds. Its ok to be a gay muslim conservative or a southern white man living is a single wide liberal.
6. No one cares enough about you individually to stand in the way of your success, stop blaming others for your failures.
7. We need to have very uncomfortable conversations and not get angry when someone points out shortcomings.
8. Lets stop the oppression olympics. Being marginalized is not a virtue and doesn't actually give you as person any value.
9. Lets do better about electing our government, and a better job of not re-electing them when they do a crappy job. There is no reason someone should go to Washington and leave a millionaire if they weren't one before they arrived.
10. Treat everyone as an individual not part of a collective. If someone is an a$$hole to you that's on them. Not everyone who looks, thinks or associates with that person is also.
