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In reply to the discussion: WV man, white, 62, shoots, kills two black brothers, 60 & 61, for visiting their own property [View all]7962
(11,841 posts)But since you asked, according to FBI stats, most whites killed are killed by other whites and most blacks killed are killed by other blacks. But when the murder is inter-racial, whites are killed by blacks almost 2-1 over blacks killed by whites. And since blacks make up only 13% of the population and whites about 65%, that "skews" the number to an even bigger extreme. Also, Hispanics are usually counted as "white" in these stats.
But the GOOD news is, the rate for BOTH has been dropping, not rising, over the past several years. Most victims of both races are killed by someone they knew, especially women of both races.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/black-america-2013_n_3639934.html
Article refers to a Scripps-Howard study using FBI stats. Scripps-Howard is hardly a right wing service, and neither is HuffPo.
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-3
This is for 2011. Showing more black than white offenders and again, accounting for the disparity in population percentage, that number in reality is huge. Even if you split the "unknown" category evenly.
I'd love to snap my fingers and rid the country of all the racists of any race, unfortunately I cant.
These are facts, not made up by some talk show host. You may not like them but that doesn't make them wrong. But go ahead and continue using the cute "Amerikkka"; the facts show otherwise. Our President easily being elected twice shows otherwise. The number of blacks elected in majority white districts shows otherwise.