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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Well yes, that's exactly what we should doing - looking at the root causes of social dysfunction and crime. But since most of these incidents happen in high-crime neighbourhoods (white and black) I wouldn't expect the racial disparity in police shooting to come down until the racial disparity in crime comes down.
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The problem is that there is built in racial bias in the justice system. That is independent on racial disparity in crime. Black offenders are charged more often and are given stiffer sentences for the same crimes (part of the problem is stats are based on charged people). That is why Black Lives Matter. White, middle-class people don't need a movement they are already inherently winning.
Black Lives Matters and similar movements do more than complain as well. They offer up solutions and suggestions. Those things are ignored but they are there for everyone to see and investigate.
I'll be honest I find it hard to explain and until I lived in the States for a good long while it was hard to even comprihend. Racism is alive and well in the States. Well it's alive and well everywhere but ti still very much thrives in the US.