The greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer -Robert Putnam

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Interesting stats.

Also worth noting, stats don't consider greater contexts, centuries of exploitation, oppression, segregation, unfairness, stop & frisk, prison slavery, media and cultural engineering, and the occasional van full of guns or drugs mysteriously abandoned in the hood like the CIA or FBI want everyone to have a heater and fuck shit up.

What about Asians, Hispanics, women, disabled - all diversities.

They are not also known as niggers. You may call them that, but they are not known as that.

The ruling class commits more murder in their wars and crimes against humanity - BY FAR.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You're full of sidestepping excuses.

The more you accept realities in life the healthier your own life will be. ;-)

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sidestepping anything. I'm not disagreeing with you that there are serious problems. I'm providing greater context and explaining the manufactured circumstances of Black lives and communities, not excusing them. Don't blame a dog for biting while you beat it. Those are very harsh realities, and I remain healthy and safe in my mostly White neighbourhood with my view of Detroit just across the river, where I haven't been in over a decade. Not for racial issues. But there certainly are unsafe parts of Detroit you will never ever find me visiting.