Um, no, not really. I would agree that racism in the past has put black people in lower class neighborhoods and made it really difficult for them to succeed, and that contributes to the crime rate.
You just said that cops were edgier and think black people=crooks, and then say that they are not racist. That’s extremely confusing.
A lot of white people have this same view, that their views are somewhat justified. But let me flip it. It’s a fact that blacks were seriously oppressed by whites. As a result, black people are more “edgier and aggressive” towards white people. Because statistically speaking, white people are likely to attack a person of color. Now, when I used to tell them this, these people will immediately argue that “no!! it’s racism! Black people are racist towards us by acting like we are all racist”. So which is it? This way of thinking also applies in other stuff like homophobia, feminism, etc.
The fact that they act differently around black people already shows there is discrimination. Just because they didn’t teach themselves to be racist does not mean they are not racist. You could tell a child all the horrible things a certain race has done (which is true) and the child grows up to generalise a race like that= child is racist and stupid, not just stupid. It’s not rocket science, honestly.
“It may very well be that the reason blacks are targeted for arrest more often is because statistically speaking, blacks commit more crimes” is not really true. There are numerous cases where the black person was innocent and was targeted. Racial profiling. But if you mean in general, it is still a case of racial profiling. Kind of like how people assume all Muslims are terrorists. It’s an act of hate to generalise a whole race, whether intentional or not.
I am also skeptical of certain statistics in the US because of its history of systemic oppression. Like it’s more likely for people to target racial minorities for crime and hence the higher rate. For example, like how people target Christianity, for homophobia for example, and don’t put as much effort in targeting other religions, so as a result, Christianity has a higher rate. But for the sake of this conversation, I’ll assume the stats are accurate
I don’t think black people believe all cops are evil, but there are cops who are, and they use their position to oppress.
Your ideas are not bad because it could lower crime rates and make people not hate cops blindly but there is something that should be done to give minorities a reason to trust the cops. Your ideas won’t get rid of racism. We still have a long way to go.
And if you want an easy explanation for AllLivesMatter is a terrible idea, this video should be helpful
youtube.com/watch?v=NtAAeyswlHM
Or if you want an easier explanation:
Catholics say “unborn children have dignity, stop killing them” or “unborn children matter”
And then everyone else whines “Are you saying other kids do not matter? What about old people too? ALL of us have dignity”
Like obviously Catholics believe that, but they were addressing specifically to an issue-abortion, and claiming otherwise does not focus on abortion and hence takes attention off the issue.
Same with blacklivesmatter, they are trying to address a real and valid issue, and by saying all lives matter, you are taking the attention away from the issue they are focusing on, which is racism.
