Black Leaders Still Silent on Black-on-Black Crime
After the outcry following the not guilty verdict of George
Zimmerman, most of the loudest voices among the so-called leaders of the
black community remain silent on the subject of black-on-black crime. I
tackle this issue today in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Among other things, I make the case that as long as black people shy
away from pursuing meaningful discussions about the crime rampant in our
own communities and if black families remain fractured, and if
spiritual and civic leaders don't lead, the killing culture will
continue to thrive:
According to FBI data, 4,906 blacks killed other blacks in 2010 and
2011. To put that number in context, that is more than the total number
of U.S. military deaths in Iraq over the last decade.
To put it another way, more black Americans killed other blacks in
two years than were lynched from 1882-1968, according to the Tuskegee
Institute.
We do ourselves a disservice as a nation when we focus on the
sensational headline to the exclusion of the statistical low-hanging
fruit.
Despite the preponderance of television cameras, we blacks often
avoid turning the spotlight on ourselves. Meanwhile, a parade of caskets
are being filled with the bodies of America's future. The culture of
death in America’s inner cities thrives, while any hope of progress is
buried beneath cyber screeds and seven minute Television segments.
You can read my full article
here.
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