"I think saying youth violence is not linked to race is disingenuous. Yes it's linked to poverty, but you can't deny the levels of black boys who are victims/perpetrators of youth violence."
That's because BAME people are disproportionately at risk of poverty and further than that, the perils of poverty. There is nothing about being black that makes them more likely to be violent or be a victim of violence. WATCH THE VIDEO!!!!
"I say that as a mother of a black boy. I'm actually scared for him because I know the obstacles he has to face 😞"
Do you feel as if your son is more likely to be violent than if he were your son but white? If not, why not?
It's likely because you feel he has security and therefore the prospects that most of the victims and perpetrators of serious youth violence do not have. If all boys had what your son has, the rates of serious youth violence would be much lower. Those things that make your son have said prospects and security are what statistics show are common factors absent in the lives of violent youth offenders.
"Knife crime is a problem amongst young black men in London actually. Black men are the perpetrators and victims of knife crime at a much higher rate than the population of black people in London."
Yes that's because more black people have those trifactor of social obstacles in London. You know, funnily enough, I've heard the parents of white urban youth victims are sometimes put out that their story didn't make it in the media as part of the wider narrative due to their race confusing the situation.
"The same is not true across the rest of the UK."
Exactly, in other areas with similar social issues of poverty, there is also rampant serious youth violence where the perpetrators and victims are broadly white. These share the same factors of being in care, low educational attainment and domestic abuse in the family home(s). That's That's how we know race has nothing to do with why this is happening or why the people in London and other major cities are mostly black. I mean, when Glasgow was knife crime capital of Europe or the Universe or whatever, we didn't say that white people have a violence issue, did we?
I don't think its racist to state that fact. There are many reasons why it is the case."
It really only boils down to one. Racism. That's why BAME people are disproportionately poor in the first place. The rest just follows.
"Are young black males in my life far more likely to be a victim of knife crime for going into the wrong estate, even if they are not affiliated with a gang?"
No, if I, a White British male grew up in an area with conflicting gang territories and affiliations and I wandered into the "wrong postcode", I, too, would be at risk of a violent attack.
"The Roadz ain't got no colour, Fam"
I'm so gonna audition for the next Top Boy.