| > These communities should put the blame elsewhere, starting with themselves So the communities of people who are direct descendants of people were forcibly brought here, enslaved, and then systematically denied access to the mechanisms the rest of our ancestors used to build wealth, should blame themselves because they have higher crime rates? White families have more than 10 times the wealth of black families on average. This is directly caused by the years of systemic oppression faced by their ancestors. In addition, to this day, we arrest them at a higher rate rate than White people for the same crimes. We are more likely to convict them for the same crimes. And we give them longer sentences for the same crimes. Elementary school teachers even give harsher punishments to Black students for the same infraction. Job seekers with black sounding names are significantly less likely to be called back for interviews. Black renters have a harder time renting than White renters with the same credit score. The list goes on and on. When you combine all of this, you end up with a community with a higher crime rate. The problem is caused by systemic injustice, it's not a problem that black communities can fix themselves. If you apply those same conditions to any demographic, you would see a higher crime rate--it's inevitable. >If that means racial profiling, because some races are more prone to crime, then so be it. And it's absurd to use that higher crime rate to justify racial profiling, which inevitably has a disparate impact on innocent Black people, which erodes trust in police and institutions, which directly leads to even more criminality. In turn that leads to even more racial profiling. You can't just ignore positive feedback loops by mentioning them and pretending they don't exist. >That is another form of fairness Trial by combat, enslaving defeated enemies, and separate but equal are all "other forms of fairness" that our society has rejected. |