25 April 1013 –
Below are some harsh statistics on violence in Black
America. We can reduce the violence, but,
first, the first black President of the United States will have to set a better
example with the friends he invites to our White House.
The FBI’s “Crime in the
United States: 2011” reports that there were 12,664 murders committed in the
United States in 2011. Fully half, 6,329,
were Black, yet Blacks comprise only 13.8% of the total population. The other-than-Black population in the United
States had a 2011 murder rate of about 2.35 murders per 100,000 people, about
the same as Finland and Luxembourg.
Black Americans were murdered at a rate of 15.5 per 100,000, 6 ½ times
higher. That rate fits up there with
such garden spots of the world as Chad, Zimbabwe, DR Congo, and Nicaragua. Importantly, the Bureau of Justice Statistics
reveal that since 2000, 93% of Blacks murdered were murdered by other Blacks. If the rest of the U.S. population were to
suffer the same murder rate as does Black America, the U.S. murder count would
be about 48,000 yearly, almost four times what is now.
To focus on where Blacks
are killing each other at such epidemic levels, let’s look at the murder rates
in large cities. Of the highest eleven murder
rates in 2011, ten of the cities have a majority Black population: Flint Michigan, Detroit, New Orleans, St.
Louis, Baltimore, Birmingham, Newark, Baton Rouge, Cleveland, and Memphis. In 2012, Flint, Michigan, 60% Black, was the
most dangerous place to be Black in America, with a 64.9 murder rate per
100,000 population. Detroit is 85% Black
and ranked second on the murder rate list with 54.6 murders per 100,000
population. These two cities, if they
were independent countries, would rank third and fifth in the world in murder
rates, up there with Honduras, El Salvador, and Cote d’Ivoire.
In those cities listed
above, and in most other cities with high murder rates, a significant majority of
the murders are young black men killing young black men over gang, drug, and
illegal gun trafficking issues. The inner-city
gang culture, fed by a 70% illegitimacy rate for Black births in the U.S., has
effectively destroyed legitimate black society in our cities and replaced it
with mayhem. This is a horrible
situation for all Americans.
I list these statistics
to challenge our first Black President. Is
he recommending effective remedies for this dismal situation? No. He
champions laws to restrict gun ownership by already law-abiding citizens. But, as most police contend, such laws do nothing
to staunch the flow of illegal guns to gangsters, many of whom are Blacks, in our
inner cities. Just as bad, he invites
gangster rap “artists” such as Jay-Z to the White House for dinner and media
coverage. Jay-Z, né Shawn Corey Carter
in 1969, is a major rap producer and “singer” worth at least $500 million. Mr. Z makes his money producing and selling
filthy-language rap “songs” that extol gun violence, drug use, and virulent misogyny,
aka, inner-city Black gang culture. Sadly,
our President’s inviting this panderer of societal destruction to the White House
tells everybody that he approves of the message and the culture of gangster rap
culture and music. Our President is
doing nothing of substance to stop the violence in the Black community in our
cities. What kind of example is that for
young black men who want to be the next Black President of the United
States? And, does the President really
want his daughters to be referred to as B*****hes or W***res by the young men
they will soon date? As my grandmother
told me when I was a boy, you are judged by the company you keep. Shame, Mr. President, shame.
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