I think there’s fear of intimidation, harassment being legitimized by the fact that there is a high rate of crime, especially among young black men, Williams said. No. 1 cause of death, young black men 15 to 34 — murder. Who’s committing the murder? Not police. Other black men. -- Juan Williams Juan Williams, an African-American journalist, was commenting on the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old killed in an apparent confrontation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, recently. The story garnered national attention, leading to riots, looting, protest and the United States Justice Department deploying 40 FBI agents to find out if the officer shot Brown because he was black. The case is before a grand jury. Specifically, Williams was saying that there are serious problems with young black males committing crime at a ratio well beyond their numbers and that is the reason they are “racially profiled.” We are human and when people see a certain kind of person doing something -- anything, good or bad -- at a much higher rate than other types of people we naturally develop a mental profile of the kind of person who does such things. For example, without knowing skin color, when someone tells me they saw an awesome basketball player I immediately think he is black. Why is that? Because most awesome basketball players in America are indeed black. Does that make me a racist? In the same way, when I hear of a convenience store robbery, without knowing the skin color, I immediately think it was a young black male who committed the crime. Why is that? Because night after night I see the faces of young black males on the news arrested for crimes. Does that make me a racist? Which begs another question: does a stereotype only become racist when it is negative? Or can one have a positive stereotype based on race? What about the idea that “white men can’t jump”? Is that racist? The primary reason for the crime problems among young black males is because so many of them never had a dad at home. Babies born out of wedlock have now become the norm in the black community. Kids need a married mom and dad in the home. That is the biblical model and that is common sense. Solve the problem of fatherlessness and you greatly reduce crime and incarceration while at the same time increasing success educationally and in the workplace. Read more at afa.net/the-stand/news/the-answer-to-crime-among-young-black-males/#oz9RCACsSiGVc287.99
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:13:05 +0000
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