Poverty and the inability to escape poverty leads to more violence. Black men commit more violent crimes proportionately not because they are black but because they are trapped in a system of poverty that always leads to such violence regardless of race. They are chosen for this poverty by a system that perpetuates poverty and prevents escape by a criteria that systemically selects against race … their race.

In other words, the fact that they are black is not why black men commit more violent crimes. The fact that the PTB don’t like their blackness and therefore pit them in conditions that would turn any person violent is.

Read Thomas Moore’s Utopia. It’s probably available on Amazon for free or the National Library archive. It lays it all out. If that’s too much, a good cliff notes version is the film Ever After. Pay particular attention to the part where Danielle (Drew Barrymore) chastises Prince Henry (Dougray Scott) about his easy dismissal of the “Rustics”. Also pay attention to the attitude and demeanor of the Countess (Angelica Huston).

Spend the time. It’s worth it. ✌️