THE DOUBLE STANDARD OF RACE IN AMERICA

In the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman and the resulting cries from the African-American community of prejudice and discrimination, little notice has been given to the continuing story of black on white violence, which is simply seen as a normal occurrence unworthy of national attention

From Gulfport, Florida, comes news of three teenage black students beating a thirteen-year-old white boy to within an inch of his life on a school bus, ostensibly because the white student reported to school administrators that the blacks had tried to sell him drugs.  And, from Baltimore at the end of July, a black mob, attacking in mass, severely injured a white waiter. How strange it is that the race-baiters, posing as apostles of peace, have not raised their godly, righteous voices in condemnation of these acts!

Despite these and many, many more like incidents, the myth spread by the race-baiters that white on black violence in the U.S. is a massive problem simply does not bear up under close examination.  The vast majority of the white population is too consumed with dealing with everyday challenges of making a go of things in a weak economy to concern themselves with plots and plans having to do with victimizing blacks.

From the FBI's National Crime Victimization Survey and the DOJ's Uniform Crime Reports, statistics show most clearly that white citizens are far more likely to be the victims of black violence than vice versa. Compared to whites, blacks are 7 times more likely to commit murder, 8 times more likely to engage in burglary and 3 times more likely to utilize a handgun in the commission of a crime.  Furthermore, all things considered, blacks are 39 times more likely to commit crimes against whites.  In fact, 45% of black crime is carried out against whites.  As a result, blacks are 7 times more likely than whites to be sentenced to prison terms.

The death of Trayvon Martin was an isolated incident, which was given a national spin owing to the tendency of the national media to sensationally play on the reverse racism of such racial entrepreneurs as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.  And, as to profiling, what does one expect when so many, many black youngsters are obsessed with a "thug culture," which carries with it connotations of violence, drugs and cultural degradation?  Encountering loud, boisterous black youngsters with pants hanging below their derrieres in public settings, it is little wonder that individuals seeking to avoid turmoil resort to profiling.  Indeed, it goes without saying that there is a race problem in America, but it is a problem that must honestly be faced by American blacks.  Obviously, the Jacksons and Sharptons don't have the answers.  If the black community is to be saved, it must accomplish that deed by itself.  Since the Great Society of Lyndon Johnson and the billions of dollars in benefits that accompanied it, conditions in the black community have only gotten worse.  The fragmentation of the black family continues unabated, illegitimacy has risen to alarming levels and, for too many blacks, crime has simply become a career option.  The time for the black double standard has long been inappropriate, and the time for accountability is nigh.