'Black-on-Black crime': A loaded and controversial phrase often heard amid calls for police reform

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The earliest modern references to 'Black-on-Black crime' came from Black media.

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Some also say it is misleading -- white people are mainly killed by white people, they say -- but there is no conversation about"white-on-white" crime.The earliest modern references to Black-on-Black crime came from Black media.

The specific notion of"Black-on-Black crime" gained traction in a book published in 1896 titled,"The Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro," according to the professor. The author, Frederick L. Hoffman, did not use the specific phrase in the book, but promoted"the basic idea that Black people have a special crime problem," Muhammad added.

"We certainly understand when someone makes a categorical claim about an entire group of people as a race of criminals, that that is in fact a racist idea," Muhammad said. "A lot of the post-World War II programs like the GI Bill, the VA benefit … FHA housing -- were intended to help white people who were struggling in society so that their crimes would go down and their incomes would go up," he said.

Ushering in the Neoconservatism of the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan's"War on Drugs," resulted in more policing and jailing of Black people, the critics point out, adding that dog-whistle language about rampant crime in the inner-city, mostly by conservatives, helped perpetuate the"Black-on-Black crime" trope.over her use of the phrase"super predators" in a 1996 speech about crime.

A look at the biographies of some of America's most prominent Black conservatives seems to show them typically to be older people. Muhammad said there is definitely a generational difference between Black people who use the phrase and ones who criticize it.

 

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But we never say white on white crime which happens at a much higher rate and is a much bigger problem than 'black on black' crime

worth highlighting strawman here: in context of blm, no one uses black-on-black crime to argue there is no systemic racism, people use it to argue a movement that was genuinely concerned about black lives (as opposed to socialist revolution) would care about BoB violence too

You “reached out confirm” Mr. Ayala’s statement when you quote him making the statement and link to the video where he is making the statement? What exactly were you reaching out to confirm?

Blacks murder blacks everyday in every city and town across the country. Black lives don’t matter to blacks how can they matter to anyone else?

It was on a Fat Albert rerun NO CLASSS!!!!!!

How about just American on American crime. Don't take the bait. 🐟 FY Nazis....my life mattered. FY Nazi Cops in Boise and L.A. You stained your own uniforms. God will never forgive you. Christmas Rape..... Pffft. Send in the Quakes and the Flood. 🌊🌊🌊🌊 Amen.

Democrats and their corrupt media arm don’t care about black on black violence....only white on black.....

Well....

83.5 percent of whites were killed by other whites. The statistical evidence shows that—just as for blacks when it comes to black-on-black crime—whites are mostly victimized by other whites, with the vast majority of white murders committed by whites. Crime is crime!

Careful, don't bring up facts now.

It makes 4 a nice hit song!

This is why “we” take a knee.

AlwaysBroadcastingCommunism again trying to sell race! Americans now have the least respected news in the world! We probably get more honesty out of Iran media. Facts aren’t racist nor are words. Only people can be if they act negatively only on race. America, the best for all

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The police doesn't kill black people other back people do. BLM is a joke.

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13% of the population commits 55% of the crime. Those are simply facts.

Controversial=I don't like to talk about it...

Majority of it is drug and gang related. Go after the gangs the way the FBI went after the mafia.

How is it either “loaded” or “controversial”?

We are long overdue for a national reckoning with black criminality.

Black people are one thousand times more likely to be murdered by another black person than a cop. That is not a loaded stat it is a sad reality that never gets talked about. Ask Jesse Jackson his thought process on this.

Enemy of the people

When it comes to “police killings” they have been generalized to the point of losing categorizations like armed or unarmed suspect, justified or unjustified use of force, and if the officer has been fired/charged/convicted. “Police killed” 209 Black Americans in 2018, 0.57 a day.

SWBProbono AmstatNews US needs help on Social Statistics and easy paths to BlackonBlack and civilianoncivilian and lawenforcement with civilian issues with violence for overall better quality of public knowledge on Policy and CrimeStatistics to help USCourts NCSC et al

It’s not a whataboutism, it’s simply a fact. Yes, the majority of homicide victims are killed within their own group. The simple fact is in 2018 there were 7,407 homicide victims from roughly 13% of the population compared to 6,088 victims from roughly 61% of the population.

Law Abiding Citizens in under seige communities nd safe avenues 4 cmmnties abt dangerous , murderous + violent elements in their midst 2 cover the Achilles heel of a society of lawful order ie most cmplx issue to protect the presumption of innocence while dfnding cmmntys frm prps

so? The fact racists parrot it, because it feeds in to their agendas, is no reason for the mainstream media to try and justify it as an acceptable term. White on white crime exists too and is never a headline.

White woman kill their babies White men kill the bosses White woman claim false rape White people go on shooting sprees White on white exist

There’s a Lotta black crime out there it’s unfortunate because they’re trying to say black is fair and be fair to them but 90% of the crimes out there are caused by blacks and it’s not gonna get any better for them unless they clean up their act!

Inner City Communities and Communities under seige by gang or mob violence have hostages,.... they are law abiding citizens afraid to speak up bc the criminals have more power then the law abiding ctzns have protection. Revolving doors for violent offenders make this worse.

But most of blacks are into criminality

You call it 'loaded and controversial' to prevent people from talking about it and actually confronting it. You and the democrats are the ones that make it 'loaded and controversial'.

Where in correspondence to LE's Duties are Citizens Duties to Compy with Lawful Orders to Derisk and allow the judicial branch to be the determinant of Justice AND if Justice is Broken that is the need of LE + Communities to gap analyze anticipated vs actual outcomes for imprvmnt

Nothing loaded or controversial at all in saying that, good grief you will try anything to be divisive

These are the critical needs for community + precinct teamwork + community meetings on clarity of sctl laws + rules, needs for community support and safety and PSAs on derisk of arrests with LEs oath to prtct and srv inhrnt duty to sanctity of life w frc proportionate to risk...

it's neither loaded nor controversial, it's data

Police are the end result not the cause. Fix economics and inequalities in prison and policing will fix themselves.

Its factual, statistically the number one killer of black men & women is other black men & women when it comes to crime. And its only a fraction of individuals within the community. Dismissing that when talking about solutions is asinine

you keep reposting this tweet, there is someone very evil at taking a paycheck and race baiting

Facts are controversial within the MSM unless it helps the Democrats Narrative...

It's hysterical that people rely on a fact check company paid by someone to tell you what they want you to think rather than fact check it yourself.🤷‍♀️

Apparently stating facts is a loaded to and controversial phrase

Who the fuck is writing your tweet headlines? Hire me instead of writing this bullshit that barely relates to your article.

What difference does that make?

People who actually care about black lives are trying to fix the root causes of problems. Family, schooling, personal responsibility.

Reparations over everything mandatory period for black Americans ADOS BlackAmericanLivesMatter

Young black men commit a disproportionate amount of violence compared to whites. Even BLM agrees. BlackLivesMatter

Irrelevant

Y’all tweeting this again?

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