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Young Black men and teens are killed by guns 20 times more than their white counterparts
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:57 am
Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:57 am
i assume this is systemic racism
Young Black men and teens are killed by guns 20 times more than their white counterparts, CDC data shows
Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY
Thu, February 25, 2021, 6:40 AM·3 min read
Young Black men and teens made up more than a third of firearm homicide victims in the USA in 2019, one of several disparities revealed in a review of gun mortality data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The analysis, titled "A Public Health Crisis in the Making," found that although Black men and boys ages 15 to 34 make up just 2% of the nation's population, they were among 37% of gun homicides that year.
That's 20 times higher than white males of the same age group.
Of all reported firearm homicides in 2019, more than half of victims were Black men, according to the study spearheaded by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Sixty-three percent of male victims were Black.
The contrast is even more stark when the rates were compared with white people: Across all ages, Black men were nearly 14 times more likely to die in a firearm homicide than white men, and eight times more likely to die in a firearm homicide than the general population, including women.
Black women and girls are also at higher risk. Black females had the highest risk of being killed by a firearm than females of any other race or ethnicity, and they were four times more likely to be victims than white females.
"Gun violence has for the longest time been a public health crisis in the Black community," said epidemiologist Ed Clark of Florida A&M University’s Institute of Public Health.
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Young Black men and teens are killed by guns 20 times more than their white counterparts, CDC data shows
Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY
Thu, February 25, 2021, 6:40 AM·3 min read
Young Black men and teens made up more than a third of firearm homicide victims in the USA in 2019, one of several disparities revealed in a review of gun mortality data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The analysis, titled "A Public Health Crisis in the Making," found that although Black men and boys ages 15 to 34 make up just 2% of the nation's population, they were among 37% of gun homicides that year.
That's 20 times higher than white males of the same age group.
Of all reported firearm homicides in 2019, more than half of victims were Black men, according to the study spearheaded by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Sixty-three percent of male victims were Black.
The contrast is even more stark when the rates were compared with white people: Across all ages, Black men were nearly 14 times more likely to die in a firearm homicide than white men, and eight times more likely to die in a firearm homicide than the general population, including women.
Black women and girls are also at higher risk. Black females had the highest risk of being killed by a firearm than females of any other race or ethnicity, and they were four times more likely to be victims than white females.
"Gun violence has for the longest time been a public health crisis in the Black community," said epidemiologist Ed Clark of Florida A&M University’s Institute of Public Health.
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Posted on 2/26/21 at 8:58 am to djmed
its all the cops shooting them
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:00 am to djmed
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Young Black men and teens are killed by guns 20 times more than their white counterparts
Yep, EO on the public health crisis that gun create in this country incoming...
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"Gun violence has for the longest time been a public health crisis in the Black community,"
This is how they will push controls that everyone thought would be challenged in court and squashed... Covid opened their door...
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:00 am to djmed
This study would be a lot better if they included who is doing the shooting.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to djmed
Did they bother noting the racial makeup of the people they are getting shot by? Rhetorical question, we all know
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:01 am to djmed
Cultural problem. Lack of fathers, too many single mothers with multiple children, romanticization of the “hip hop” culture, iconic worship of pro athletes and simply not enough emphasis on family and education.
Acknowledging the above begins the true ‘conversation’ that is needed. Until we acknowledge the above, nothing will change.
Acknowledging the above begins the true ‘conversation’ that is needed. Until we acknowledge the above, nothing will change.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:02 am to Azkiger
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Who's pulling the trigger?
It’s racists like you who prevent meaningful solutions to this growing crisis to be formed.
/saw rcasm
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:04 am to Azkiger
quote:White cops according to the left.
Who's pulling the trigger?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:05 am to djmed
CDC stopped reading right there
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:06 am to djmed
maybe they should stop shooting each other??
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:08 am to djmed
Imagine if they didn't hold the guns sideways and "throw" assist the bullets when they fired.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to Jizzy08
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Cultural problem. Lack of fathers, too many single mothers with multiple children, romanticization of the “hip hop” culture, iconic worship of pro athletes and simply not enough emphasis on family and education.
Acknowledging the above begins the true ‘conversation’ that is needed. Until we acknowledge the above, nothing will change.
All of this is correct.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to ninthward
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maybe they should stop shooting each other??
That and learn how to shoot instead of spraying and praying... a lot of deaths are from stray bullets or shooting into a crowd...
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to djmed
Taking away guns isn’t going to solve this problem.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:09 am to djmed
So don't stand next to a black person if you don't want to get shot?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:11 am to LSUwag
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Taking away guns isn’t going to solve this problem.
Sure it will... I mean obviously we have to do something... right? Where is your humanity? Do you not care for your fellow man?
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:14 am to djmed
Now that they have that data now do the racial profile of the shooters doing the killing.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:16 am to djmed
Guns don't kill people, people kill people....and old line that never can be disputed.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:17 am to swamplynx
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This study would be a lot better if they included who is doing the shooting.
yes, but it doesn't fit the agenda they are trying so hard to push.....in the Denver area, there is 9 news. They are trying so hard to push the social justice BS. They have a section of their website devoted to it....with alot of false info to try and support it....
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