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 I have seen these stats. I think many factors contributed to this, from the economy to culture. 

Not to mention, for a long period of time, they were disenfranchised in society and terrorized by every single institution. No one disagrees with that. Those things shaped their culture and their societies around them. 

Does it justify the crime someone is doing today? Absolutely not. But blaming everything on race is just not right.

Personally, I can't hate or judge a person just based on how they look. 
 There is not one part of that which is true.  Countless counter-examples exist, but my favorite is the fact that Japanese Americans had pretty much everything they owned stolen from them by the Empire during WW2, a deprivation in scope that no black person in America had been subjected to since the end of the Civil War.  And yet, no one, for instance, fears mobs of Japanese yoots burning and looting a city.

>I can't hate or judge a person just based on how they look.

I'm not asking you to "hate" anyone, just be realistic about group differences.  If you think that means "hate" then that's on you. 
 >Japs
Brain triggered memory about a Jap family heading to internment, selling their stuff in yard sale, and when some guy gave a shit offer for antique chinaware the wife just grabbed it all and smashed it then and there.
Somehow not a lot of Nip youth ressentiment broiling over into crime despite such stories, wonder why :Thonkeng: 
 no one is talking about "hatred" or "judgement" necessarily but thats what weak minds jump to when they see stats that dont match what their mommy told them... 

we are talking about basic and reasonable discernment according to the reality of the situation.

the reality of the situation in america is that the black population, particularly the young black men, is out of control and we need to be able to identify the problem concretely - the abstract archetypes that amount to excuses and victimhood after all this time and all this opportunity are useless for the victims of the knockout game, mass lootings , and murder... they are also useless for policy since things have gotten markedly worse POST civil rights... 

and these talking points aint just a white thang, brotha :

https://www.bitchute.com/video/My1ZvXpxh0mc/ 
 The problem with generalization is that there are many young Black youths contributing to society, both in the military and in the fight against this unfair financial system along with us. 

Saying that a person is inherently violent or a bad element just because of the color of their skin is very disrespectful towards our fellow members, imo. And I think it's also very lazy. 
 Lazy? 

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Uncertain whether a valid assumption there, sport 
 and what then are the benefits of generalization ? 
 Generalization works great with less complex objects, but when it comes to humans, we are very complex. Even my brother has a completely different experience and understanding of life than I do. 
 so wait a second - race and crime proclivities and statistics are just relatively "complex" "objects" ?
 
 Groups are analyzed as a group.  An individual cannot be "spread out" to be representative of a group.