I lived in one of the few places where black people actually are part of the population, instead of "that one part of town."
Its absolutely a thing, it just doesn't happen much and really never matters. Pretending it doesn't exist at all defeats your argument even quicker by giving them an easy hole to poke.
okay, seems like I didn't communicate that very well. yeah, acts of racism among whites absolutely exist (exhibit A: the main page of this forum). the problem is with the claim that they're common enough and harmful enough as to be a problem. much of the left's public policy relies on that being true, to the point that they're faking hate crimes. I think it's vital to push back against that claim.
I just don't think "yes you're damn right we're violent and that's a good thing" is the right response here. that doesn't mean we need to shy away from highlighting black criminality - on the contrary. I think the right response is more like, "despite black criminality, whites are relative saints"
Humans aren't good at relativity, especially after an emotional response has already happened. Which is why despite blacks being the common element, we can't ignore the white ones happening even if its rare enough to not even be a statistical blip.
You have to preempt their argument by knowing what they will bring up and have already addressed and dismissed it. Which is kind of what Clot Adams was doing, but poorly. Explaining why it happens quietly and simply so that it can be dismissed when they try to use it.
I lived in one of the few places where black people actually are part of the population, instead of "that one part of town."
Its absolutely a thing, it just doesn't happen much and really never matters. Pretending it doesn't exist at all defeats your argument even quicker by giving them an easy hole to poke.
okay, seems like I didn't communicate that very well. yeah, acts of racism among whites absolutely exist (exhibit A: the main page of this forum). the problem is with the claim that they're common enough and harmful enough as to be a problem. much of the left's public policy relies on that being true, to the point that they're faking hate crimes. I think it's vital to push back against that claim.
I just don't think "yes you're damn right we're violent and that's a good thing" is the right response here. that doesn't mean we need to shy away from highlighting black criminality - on the contrary. I think the right response is more like, "despite black criminality, whites are relative saints"
Humans aren't good at relativity, especially after an emotional response has already happened. Which is why despite blacks being the common element, we can't ignore the white ones happening even if its rare enough to not even be a statistical blip.
You have to preempt their argument by knowing what they will bring up and have already addressed and dismissed it. Which is kind of what Clot Adams was doing, but poorly. Explaining why it happens quietly and simply so that it can be dismissed when they try to use it.