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re: Why are most crimes committed by minorities?
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:55 pm to sorantable
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:55 pm to sorantable
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It's about why I can't walk down the damn street without wondering if every black kid I see wearing a hoodie is going to jump me.
Must suck to be racist and paranoid.
I live in the middle of the city of Atlanta. I've never felt threatened. Not a single time have I ever felt like I wasn't safe.
I don't look at every African American as if they're a potential felon though.
My three African American cousins aren't felons. My African American aunt isn't a felon. They've never committed a crime in their life.
Oh, hey! They're beating the odds!
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Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:56 pm to CatFan81
Well they are 
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:59 pm to CatFan81
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CatFan81
I hear you and I'm glad your friends are all beating the odds.
quote:That's still a pretty affluent area unless you're seriously living in the ghetto, which is highly unlikely.
I live in the middle of the city of Atlanta. I've never felt threatened. Not a single time have I ever felt like I wasn't safe.
Posted on 12/16/13 at 10:01 pm to CatFan81
If you want my white ex con opinion it is more about who can afford good representation. I been locked up for lesser things and walked on larger things and I have found the better your mouthpiece the less time your gonna do. Skin color has nothing to do with it. I won't even go into the value that certian cultures put on having done prison time and how some young men actively try and do time for street cred.
Posted on 12/16/13 at 10:17 pm to CatFan81
I too think it's a combination of things..before i get started, let me add:
I am not scared of black people, or hispanics, or any race, nor do i think any less of them.
I think that there is a huge problem with the "ghetto" culture--or culture that idolizes drugs,violence, money at any cost etc. Are there socioeconomic factors involved? You bet your arse there are. Blacks, among other races, have had it especially hard in America and aren't seen kindly in the eyes of prosecutors most of the time. Many black children don't have a father figure to teach them how to behave in society and you will see deviance in these poor urban black children just as you will see it in the poor rural white children who don't have a father figure or come from a broken home. They are habitual offenders both as a product of generations of dysfunction and a culture they idolize which keeps them in the same place they are or worse.
In the end, it's all about responsibility of the individual. Yes, there are many socioeconomic factors and many that can be attributed to race. But in today's world, both white and black, regardless of where you came from--you are the one who reaches a point of deciding whether to make a future for yourself or fall back into the same bad habits as your friends or relatives. That's it.
I am not scared of black people, or hispanics, or any race, nor do i think any less of them.
I think that there is a huge problem with the "ghetto" culture--or culture that idolizes drugs,violence, money at any cost etc. Are there socioeconomic factors involved? You bet your arse there are. Blacks, among other races, have had it especially hard in America and aren't seen kindly in the eyes of prosecutors most of the time. Many black children don't have a father figure to teach them how to behave in society and you will see deviance in these poor urban black children just as you will see it in the poor rural white children who don't have a father figure or come from a broken home. They are habitual offenders both as a product of generations of dysfunction and a culture they idolize which keeps them in the same place they are or worse.
In the end, it's all about responsibility of the individual. Yes, there are many socioeconomic factors and many that can be attributed to race. But in today's world, both white and black, regardless of where you came from--you are the one who reaches a point of deciding whether to make a future for yourself or fall back into the same bad habits as your friends or relatives. That's it.
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