Nejii wrote:Esalia wrote:
Considering how broad "community" is and most of the things I could bring up would likely fall into that category (e.g the correlation between poverty and crime), I should rephrase the question:
What if it's not possible for black people to collectively fix their character, behaviour and community by themselves? As in, what if external factors (e.g the relationship between black communities and police, the legacy of institutions like slavery and segregation, etc.) are responsible (at least in part) for statistics like the 13/50 one?
Your proposed solution is only viable if the problem is exclusively from and caused by black people. For some reason (like, oh I don't know, America's track record with its treatment of minorities, and the fact that situations like Breonna Taylor's still occur), I have a strong doubt that the problems facing black people (at least in regards to policing) are all internal.
I’m not necessarily siding with The Federal Government of Iowa, but I can tell you (and I have heard this from black friends and colleagues in the past) that “thug culture”, gangster rap, and black celebrities encouraging citizen insurgency isn’t exactly helping smooth over race relations and AA-Police relations either.
That's a circular argument though. "If they'd stop reacting badly to being abused and disenfranchised by the authorities, maybe the authorities would stop abusing and disenfranchising them!".
'Thug culture", gangster rap, and citizen insurgency didn't appear in a vacuum.