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Originally posted by Surtur
I mean nobody is saying no black person in this country cares about black on black violence. Some do, some do indeed talk about it. But their voices are snuffed out like a lit candle being hit by a tidal wave. The loudest screams come from what the cops do, which would be fine if the cops were responsible for most of the black death.
Pretty much this. There are several people in Black communities that are pushing for change within. the problem is most of them are older in my experience. You know, the people who actually know what widespread racism from the police and Whites is like. The youth are most interested in the relative handful of police killings (although note that I do think this issue should be resolved), instead of the far more abundant violent crime within their own communities.
If they focused on coming together and changing the culture, they would eliminate both problems imo. First they would greatly alleviate the black on black crime. It would also go a long way of changing the unfortunate perception that Blacks are violent thus making Cops less trigger happy so to speak.