Don't you ever say 'black on black crime' again

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139. Both interesting articles

There is no question there are a lot of factors involved in the disparity in violence. Yet the disparity exists.

It sounds from the article as though the Cherry hill community solved a good portions of their problems by becoming involved in the community. Having people engaged in the streets working to stop the cycle appears to have worked for them. It is a great start and hopefully other communities will learn from it.

As far as rural VS densely populated you could look at say Chicago which is almost evenly divided as far as race with 32% black and 31% white. Yet the disparity in homicide rates is even worse than on the national scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago

The black murder victimization rate was approximately 34 per 100,000; the Hispanic rate was 11 per 100,000, and the white rate 3 per 100,000

Nearly ten times as high when nationally it is closer to 5.

In St Luis the same thing holds true.

Of the 103 murders this year, 90 of the victims have been African-American. Ten have been white. Other races fill in the balance. Another way of looking at those numbers: If you're black in St. Louis, you're nine times more likely this year to be murdered than if you're white.*

The population of St. Louis also breaks down with 46% white and 47% black. Again the disparity in homicides is worse than the national average.

Brooklyn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/nyc-murder-statistics-brooklyn-2012_n_3035372.html
Victims still were mostly black and Hispanic, a pattern that has existed for at least the past two decades. Some 60 percent of the homicide victims were black in 2012, compared to 27 percent Hispanic, 9 percent white and 4 percent Asian, according to NYPD statistics. Those killed were mostly men, accounting for 84 percent of all victims, compared to 16 percent for women.

Closer to the national average but still.

I am having trouble finding a densely populated city where this pattern does not repeat itself.

The point is there is a real problem and we have to identify it some way and address it. The Cherry hill community appears to be onto a good thing. Hopefully more cities will take notice and replicate their success. Till then what do you suggest we call this trend if not black on black crime I am open to suggestions but the problem no matter what you want to call it exists and the labeling is not the problem.