here's what i'm saying

you actually, non-sarcastically have a mental illness

There's no motive to shooting a criminal

and are incapable of looking at information objectivly

Other than the fact that they're a criminal

listen

(we have)

black people commit more crime proportionally. (why? I claim it's because of poverty, among other factors). cops then start to believe black people are more likely to be criminals. in some sense, this is "rational", ok. but then innocent black people are more likely to be treated with force/shot

@casualgardener okay

so

Then if its because of poverty, why is it that in the Minnesota trans-racial adoption study it was proven that african americans under perform regardless of the family that they were adopted into, controlling for economic levels?

Theft is caused by the lack of money, obviously, but who says they're always being treated with force?

Do what the cops say.

okay, truthfully i believe there are some serious additional factors at play, but poverty is the easiest one to argue from

why are they in poverty

?

Poor communities

And you understand that the black community is not poor

right

if you were to take all blacks in america and make them their own country

they would be the 18th richest population in the world

yes, being in america makes one naturally more wealthy than many other places

but that doesn't mean one isn't poor

yes it does

25% of the black population is below the poverty line

Relative poverty line

The REAL poverty line is less than $2 a day.

it's essential to situate poverty within cost of living in location

the idea of living on 3$ a day in america is really absurd

Obviously not in the neighborhoods in poverty, as you put in

okay

so

why do these communities STAY in poverty?

Unemployment is higher in blacks

Name one ghetto that lasted for more than 50 years

And that's because they can't get a job either because tgey dropped out or commit a serious crime

or because they were raised by a single mother

or they chose not to finish high school

That too

the unemployment rate of African Americans increased substantially faster than that of whites

WHY