5 Reasons America is Unjustly Afraid of Young Black Men
By Leo Davis | Originally Published at Atlanta Black Star. March 24, 2014
Misreported Statistics Used to Reinforce Black Men as Violent
One statistic commonly misused by a misleading media is: 49% of murder victims are black men. 93% of those are killed by other blacks. However, that racial exclusivity was also true for white victims of violent crime—86 percent were killed by white offenders. This is because there’s no such thing as “black-on-black” crime. These statistics ring true for all races in America, because people of a particular race tend to live in the same neighborhoods.
One statistic commonly misused by a misleading media is: 49% of murder victims are black men. 93% of those are killed by other blacks. However, that racial exclusivity was also true for white victims of violent crime—86 percent were killed by white offenders. This is because there’s no such thing as “black-on-black” crime. These statistics ring true for all races in America, because people of a particular race tend to live in the same neighborhoods.
A statistic that is rarely even spoken about though, is: according to the 2011 FBI report on hate crimes, racial bias accounted for 46.9 percent of those. That is almost half of hate crimes. That means we still have a race problem in America.
Media’s Subtle Way of Presenting Black Men as Less Than Human
The media often seems to generate an image of Black men as being “exotic” or somewhat beastly.
These images are often reinforced by the way the media presents popular Black Athletes. The Lebron James “King Kong” Vogue magazine cover is one of the most recent and popular examples of this. ESPN analyst Jemele Hill called the cover “memorable for all the wrong reasons.” But she said in an
The media often seems to generate an image of Black men as being “exotic” or somewhat beastly.
These images are often reinforced by the way the media presents popular Black Athletes. The Lebron James “King Kong” Vogue magazine cover is one of the most recent and popular examples of this. ESPN analyst Jemele Hill called the cover “memorable for all the wrong reasons.” But she said in an
