Mr Khan said:
mrstickball said:
Unfortunately, the vast majority of crimes are caused by minorities in the US. If you removed blacks and hispanics from crime statistics, the United States has a crime rate that is well inside the median of European standards (something like 1.1 murders per 100,000 instead of ~3.9).
So the solution is to look at why minorities cause so much more crime. Unemployment, education, and a lack of opportunities are powerful driving forces. Educated minorities with college educations (even just 1 year of education) see murder rates drop by 80-90%, and are very similar to whites in regards to crime. So I think there's a lot that has to be done for those growing up in the ghettos that graduate only a fraction of minorities. Unfortunately, its a cyclical mess, because such issues keep continuing.
Like Soleron said, drug legalization is an important step. I think that education has to really be taken care of in urban areas - the public education system in major cities is ensuring that minorities cannot get themselves out of welfare and systemic poverty. Additionally, I think welfare programs have to be removed or become very focused on goal-oriented, temporary assistance. If and when minorities can improve their lot, there will be a lot less strife - after all, the successful minorities (Asians, for example) simply do not have these problems. |
I agree with your second option on welfare. If you're not too disabled to work, welfare should be working to enable your betterment: training or education for whichever jobs are in demand in your area. Likewise, food stamps should only go for healthy food.
Also, Asians have a lot of gangs; especially immigrants from poorer parts of Asia who tend to bring their gangs with them.
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Oh, I do not doubt that there are many horrible Asian gangs that are in the US. Even then, you still have less crime amongst Asian immigrants than you do whites, blacks, or hispanics. I'm sure there may be multiple reasons, but they do (stereotypically) have higher median grades than whites do. Every color has problems - of this I have no doubt. But if you have more poor, stupid <insert race>, then you simply have more problems. Doesn't matter if they're white, black, or whatever. Its just a universal fact.
