NO. Absolutely not.3. A few days ago, I heard an African American gentleman say something like this on a television discussion program: "I am NOT making an excuse for the violence among African American youth in Chicago, but if Caucasian young men had to live in similar conditions, they would behave in the same way."
a. I chuckled at his comment, for he DID make an excuse.
b. Was he right that Caucasian youth would act the same way in such conditions?
It's not just a poverty problem. There's a huge cultural problem, as well. And the cultural aspects are probably much more of an influence. Hell, just listen to rap music. These fools glorify violence and the thug life. They're imbeciles.
We have white communities in deep poverty all around the country. They don't get attention from politicians, their "safety net" is in shreds, they deal with all the problems poverty brings. And yet, their crime rates are microscopic when compared to black crime rates wherever blacks are concentrated.
A lot of white folks do not want to live close to blacks, if it can be avoided. And there are a lot of sound reasons for that choice. You can call it racist (as many do), or you can be honest, and understand tha their choice makes all the sense in the world.