As much as I love Christmas, the New Year has always been my favourite holiday. It’s a time to rest, to make plans, but it’s also an opportunity to take stock and reset. After a year of arguing with people online, I hadn’t realised how much I needed that reset. Spend enough time getting into fights, and it’s almost shocking when a conversation goes smoothly.
I think it likely that this tendency towards violence produced by poverty, and the reason they are present in many black families is that blacks are disproportionally poor. Thomas Sowell says Blacks picked up these cultural problems from poor whites. I think both groups suffer from these problems because of poverty. If you don't have many other opportunities, you are more like to end up becoming a criminal. I've also heard that Black people are much more likely to be arrested, and white people are much more likely to be let off with a warning. If you put those two together it might explain the difference. I'd like to see some research done on that.
From what I understand, violent crime correlates more strongly with class than race -- poor people of any race commit more violent crime than rich peopel. I don't have the data at my fingertips but that's my recollection and that would mean we need to be looking at poverty and economic inequality as key drivers of civilian and police violence. What do you think, Steve?
Thanks for celebrating positive discourse and for stating challenging information that needs to be talked about more. You write so many of my thoughts so clearly and courageously, thanks for doing what you do!
I think it likely that this tendency towards violence produced by poverty, and the reason they are present in many black families is that blacks are disproportionally poor. Thomas Sowell says Blacks picked up these cultural problems from poor whites. I think both groups suffer from these problems because of poverty. If you don't have many other opportunities, you are more like to end up becoming a criminal. I've also heard that Black people are much more likely to be arrested, and white people are much more likely to be let off with a warning. If you put those two together it might explain the difference. I'd like to see some research done on that.
From what I understand, violent crime correlates more strongly with class than race -- poor people of any race commit more violent crime than rich peopel. I don't have the data at my fingertips but that's my recollection and that would mean we need to be looking at poverty and economic inequality as key drivers of civilian and police violence. What do you think, Steve?
Thanks for celebrating positive discourse and for stating challenging information that needs to be talked about more. You write so many of my thoughts so clearly and courageously, thanks for doing what you do!