re: I openly admit it, I have black fatigue

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sierra leone? liberia? ivory coast?

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I openly admit it, I have black fatigue

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Majority Black neighborhoods have higher gun homicide rates than mostly white neighborhoods of the same socioeconomic status level, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open by Wharton Professor Dylan Small and School of Arts & Sciences undergraduates Yuzhou Lin and Audrey Chaeyoung Cheon. Wei Wang, a senior research investigator at the Perelman School of Medicine; and David Harding, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, were also co-authors.

Utilizing data from the Gun Violence Archive and American Community Survey, the researchers found that, among middle class neighborhoods, the rate of gun homicides is more than four times higher in neighborhoods with mostly Black residents than neighborhoods with mostly white residents. Small says there are several possible reasons for the disparity, including lack of institutional resources and opportunities caused by racial wealth gaps and underinvestment. [Yet they have already stated that they are comparing middle class neighborhoods in the study...so I can't see how "lack of opportunity" or "racial wealth gaps" could possibly be the reason].


“Black families have systematically lower household wealth than white families, including lower home values,” says Small, the Class of 1965 Professor of Statistics at Wharton. “In addition, there tends to be less public and private investment in majority-Black neighborhoods. That can translate into fewer resources in the neighborhood, especially relative to need. For example, a lack of resources for programs for adolescents and young adults that might help them to stay away from gangs and street conflicts.” [Again with the "lack of opportunities" even though the study says it's comparing middle class neigborhoods with each other. Maybe it could have something to do with not having a father around to stop black kids from joining gangs.]

Small says the higher gun homicide rates exist across socioeconomic status due to America’s history of racially segregated housing.

“The U.S. remains highly residentially segregated by race despite improvements since the 1960s,” he says. “Besides residential segregation reducing Black individuals’ socioeconomic status by such mechanisms as inhibiting wealth accumulation through housing value and limiting access to high-quality schools, our findings suggest that even among neighborhoods of the same socioeconomic status, residential segregation may put Black individuals at higher risk of gun homicide.” [Makes no sense. Either the neighborhoods are comparable or they aren't. They state that the study is comparing neighborhoods on the same socioeconomic level, then spend the entire rest of the article trying to explain black violence by comparing disparate neighborhoods.]

The researchers suggest that public policies to reduce gun violence and racial disparities need to go beyond alleviating poverty. [Alleviating poverty in middle class neighborhoods?] They plan to continue researching and analyzing several aspects and results of the project.

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This article is a great example of exactly what you're doing. Denying the obvious b/c you don't want to seem racis'.

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So think hard. What is the big difference between America and those places?

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You know what people are talking about in the US when they say “black fatigue”. Don’t be obtuse on purpose. You are smart enough to understand the nuances of what they mean. You would be very careful if you had a wife or daughter being exposed to these type of situations frequently.

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They have strong family units and fathers that raise their sons

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