Sunday, August 22, 2010

Color blind justice

Here is something interesting to ponder. And then ask yourself who are the real racists in this country?


The Color of Crime
Published by the New Century Foundation
Oakton, VA 22124
(703) 716-0900
Second, Expanded Edition


Major Findings
• Police and the justice system are not biased against minorities.
Crime Rates
• Blacks are seven times more likely than people of other races to commit murder, and eight times more likely to commit robbery.
• When blacks commit crimes of violence, they are nearly three times more likely than non-blacks to use a gun, and more than twice as likely to use a knife.
• Hispanics commit violent crimes at roughly three times the white rate, and Asians commit violent crimes at about one quarter the white rate.
• The single best indicator of violent crime levels in an area is the percentage of the population that is black and Hispanic.
Interracial Crime
• Of the nearly 770,000 violent interracial crimes committed every year involving blacks and whites, blacks commit 85 percent and whites commit 15 percent.
• Blacks commit more violent crime against whites than against blacks. Fortyfive percent of their victims are white, 43 percent are black, and 10 percent are Hispanic. When whites commit violent crime, only three percent of their victims are black.
• Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime against a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.
• Blacks are 2.25 times more likely to commit officially-designated hate crimes against whites than vice versa.
Gangs
• Only 10 percent of youth gang members are white.
• Hispanics are 19 times more likely than whites to be members of youth gangs. Blacks are 15 times more likely, and Asians are nine times more likely.
Incarceration
• Between 1980 and 2003 the US incarceration rate more than tripled, from 139 to 482 per 100,000, and the number of prisoners increased from 320,000 to 1.39 million.
• Blacks are seven times more likely to be in prison than whites. Hispanics are three times more likely.
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  1. KrazyKrisAugust 23, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    I figure that you want comments, since you are posting publicly. If not, just let me know.

    You wrote a post to be pondered, and I have. I pondered as my blood boiled :-), but I pondered. My blood boiled because, while there may be more crime, there are other issues involved. Pearson's Education survey reports that, while only 12% of whites fall below the poverty line, a quarter of African Americans and 20% of Hispanics are in poverty. On average, according to msnbc, African American households make $18,000 less than the typical white household and Hispanic households are almost 30,000 less. In addition, only 17% of African American adults and 12% of Hispanic adults hold college degrees.

    Violence is never excusable, but it should not be implied that some races are more prone to it than others. We all came from the same beginning, we are all equal, and no one is better than the other. Knowing the evil in my own heart, I wonder if, but by the grace of God, I would resort to the same violence if I had been raised with the same poverty, hopelessness, and lack of access to quality education that many of these individuals face for generations.

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