You seem to think your feelings trump basic common sense, facts and data my feelings don't trump data. The only issue is with American police not collecting and keeping data on how many people they kill when they can collect data for the number of police killed. In my opinion they probably have it but do not release the data.
I have also stated either on this thread or another that being shot by police is the least of Americas' races issues because it's the tip of the iceberg. It's a manifestation of their system as a whole because these are people we as humans are meant to trust. They should offer protection.
Black on black crimes have always been tackled by black people. It's just not news worthy for people to focus on. It's not something I deny that does not exist. I know it does, so is white on white crime and in terms of racial bias, it's just crime or a shooting because guess what? White people are the default and their crimes do not count as other. Would I love for this to be tackled even more, absolutely yes, the only way we can tackle the problem is by asking the why a lot of black men in areas like you have mentioned would see a life of crime as something better or the only option. At what age do they realise that they cannot get out of their neighbourhood? Are the parents aware their children can actually break the cycle of poverty? The black community has a come a long away from the sixties and don't tell me the black lives where better then because if it were you would not have had the rise in the black panther whose obligation and principle was the feed and protect poor black neighbourhoods that had been forgotten. A lot of black neighbourhoods that have tried to developed were always destroyed by white supremacist groups.
A great deal of studies have been done which shows that lots of teachers are hasher on black students and children. both in the uk and America the teachers have similar mentality on how they treat black children. What most studies have also proved is that in primary school, a lot of black children tend do very well and have lots of confidence. It's when they get to secondary school that the educational achievements and confidence in their ability starts to decline. Why is that? It's also at this age when you have lots of social issues directly affecting young black children.
The one good news that came up this year in the uk is that the standard of black students has risen. Hooray, still a long way to go.
You and others are trying to craft a narrative around 'there obviously is racism somewhere, somewhere out there in the ether, it's just got to be'. The problem with this emotional rhetoric is - it doesn't help people solve problems, in fact it creates more division and more disappointment because you're telling people, especially the young impressionable ones, that every problem they come up against, every obstacle and difficulty. If life just didn't turn out as shiningly as expected, you have a shadowy, nameless, faceless group to blame for it all. A group who are getting together and colluding to find ways to make you fai
Trying to deny racism exist and everyone should burry their heads in sand while black children and their parents suffer and die senselessly in the hands of the police is a bit naive, don't you think? I would have said ignorant but I don't think you are at all, you just think the America is not prejudicial and hard work alone can get you places when such things rarely happen to white working class people who are stack in a cycle of poverty. The deference here is that social class isn't the problem but a whole race of people is discriminated against. Take for example the black doctor who treat the police officers shot during the match last week. He stated that he may have treated the police officers but still had the fear for the police. His education and the ability to not be in poverty has not stopped the contestant threat and fear of the police.
No one is colluding as you have stated, they are just going on living their lives in a bubble while supporting each and forgetting or even not noticing that they are being racist. That is what white privileged is. The ability to go for a job and the employer seeing you as one of their own. They don't debate whether you would feet in or it would be OK to have you as one of the faces in the company. They don't debate whether their clients would be accepting of you. They don't debate whether you will be respected in position by their clients and the people you would work with. White privilege is when you can walk through the airport and no one think you are carrying a bomb. White privileges is when you can have a child and expect them to be whatever they want to be without thinking about which jobs they will be accepted in and not have a mental break down. White privilegenow when you can voice your opinion ant not be called scary and aggressive because your black women, while for a white woman be described as bossy while a white male authoritative with good leadership skill. Undermining black women's ability to step out and be themselves creating mental illness because they are sacred to offend and exercise their right. Feeling like everyone is against them and failing to have the potential to just ask for a pay rise. White privilege is when some places like like London expect a shop lifter to be black person when the majority of this sort of crime is also committed by middle white people. The most actually in high end stores supermarkets in London. In the shopping centres in New York the constant following of black people while a white person can shop lift without being noticed.
Let's talk about America and how dived it is racially. Are they not the same people who still divide swimming pools, not intentionally off cause. Most black Americans make jokes about their swimming pools always being dry and never opening. Off cause that is not racist but circumstance, right? That they live in the poor areas and on the black side of housings.
Don't even get me started with the divide in New Orleans and how racism manifested it's self when hurricane Katrina destroyed the place.
A lot of black people are living in the circle of poverty the same way you have lots of working class people. Most People don't stay in poverty out of choice. Most black people who live in deprived areas have poor schools with very little support. How do you get good achievements out of schools that do not offer proper education. If you cannot put food on the table, you not be able to afford tutoring, the ,most likely thing is the parents may not have had adequate education to help their children. saving for fees will be the last thing on your mind too. Sports has been a great thing in the black community because they are using it as a stepping stone to a better life. Probably the only reason why they are actually picked for games is because it physical and people don't have to read to see it. Man vs man or woman vs woman. Yes, discrimination exist in these areas too but because it's played in the open, people can see abilities and judge it on that. You can't just drop it in the bin when the name does not suit you. The racial bias is in full force when paper work is involved and the sports stars have to get endorsements.
It's also, impossible to get out of a cycle of poverty when lots of black men can't read and write. Not because they are all dyslectic but because the education system has failed them as a group.
The single motherhood numbers in the black community jumped from 20 to 70% - just as the civil rights movement gained in strength and influence, at the same time. Are you telling us tthat the US is more racist now than it was in 1960 ? If so explain how that happened?
I would say that it was also around the same time the media influence become massive and every where. I have spoken a lot bout this here on Mn and it has a lot to do with ingrained racism that has been internalised based on self hatred. Am not even going to go into much detail because it would need a thread of its own.
Secondly, if you have always taken families away from people, you cannot expect them to all of a sudden become homogenous (am saying this because of how slaves where treated. Most families where separated and sold without any regards for what they feel or what they were as a family unit. They are humans, husbands, wives and children were sold without a second thought.) I do think the first point I post is more in effect now than the second. Also, the second parents is on the rise in the general public. By the way, the most recent studies also showed that black women who were not married had better mental health than those who were. This was based on women who had children and where either cohabiting vs married.
In the USA, the numbers on younger mothers in the last few years has fallen the most out all the racial groups, It's also around the same times as numbers of educated women in the black community rose too be the highest average among all race groups. Black people have to fight for the equality, they have always worked hard. This will pay off in the long run. At the moment, if their lives are at risk from the police, they need to campaign against. If their sons lives are at risk, they should campaign.