arthurwellesley

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   by arthurwellesley 15y ago

   In the context of America, black is an ethnicity as well as a race. Maybe we should have two different words to distinguish the two, but we don't, and that's the way the word is used. A racial-ethnic group is a group up people who share c
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   by arthurwellesley 15y ago

   I don't know the particular study you are talking about, so it's hard for me to comment on it. In the grand scheme of things, I'm inclined to agree that it's social control from families, neighborhoods, and governments that determines crime
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   by arthurwellesley 15y ago

   I'm no stormfronter. I grew up progressive, went to progressive schools, I've volunteered in inner city neighborhoods mentoring kids and fixing up houses. I live in a neighborhood that's mostly middle class black, I play pick up football
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   by arthurwellesley 15y ago

   "The viewpoint that will (rightly) get you shunned is the one that says "black people" were a factor" Do you shun that viewpoint because it is false and slanderous? Or do you believe that it is true, but that it must not be talked about,
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   by arthurwellesley 15y ago

   (continued from above) i) The overall homicide rate in Detroit rose from around ~7 per 100k in 1918 to a peak of 60 per 100k in 1991. That's nearly a 10X increase. That rise in crime was predominantly black on black and black on white. N