The crime stats are wildly different and in the rural poor white area my mom retired to (life is actually excellent there if you have retirement money) the crim

The crime stats are wildly different and in the rural poor white area my mom retired to (life is actually excellent there if you have retirement money) the crime blotter is exclusively alcohol and drug related or inspired or "powered by", whereas all manner of criminality goes on in the non-white areas. Aside from type of crime, there's also intense "blame the victim" in the poor white areas, because "sure he was wrong to hit you, but you've grown up with him for decades how can you pretend not to know he's the village's violent drunk, best avoided?" or "sure the guy who crashed into you was drunk and thats wrong, but you've lived here for decades how can you not know after dark the roads are only for drunks?" Whereas "most" non-white area crime is anonymous, someone just walked down the wrong street or parked in the wrong spot or walked into a gunfight they had nothing to do with. Generally speaking affirmative action means the non-whites have a chance for the future even if they don't deserve it leading to optimism, and also means that at least some of the whites who do deserve it won't get a future, leading to pessimism which also does wonders for race relations (sarcasm).