Two researchers from Michigan State University are researching murder patterns in Newark, and looking at the spread of murder much as an epidemiologist would look at the spread of disease. From an article on the research in the Newark Star-Ledger:
The paper also shows homicide clusters existed before clusters of gangs or an influx of firearms.
“What it really tells us is that firearms and gangs are not the only sources of this homicide infection,” Zeoli said. “There was something there before.”
The two said their paper is the first step in a long-term project, which they hope will shed light on the causes and prevention of violence in Newark.
“What, ideally, we would like to do is get back to before the race riots and almost get to case zero,” Pizarro said.
A culture acclimated to criminal behavior has the groundwork in place for crime to easily occur. Just for fun I wanted to find out a bit about historical murder rates for whites and blacks. From a 1997 In These Times article:
African-Americans have, of course, always suffered disproportionately from crime. As pioneering black scholars W.E.B. DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier and Charles Johnson showed, this disparity is attributable to racist institutions and the legacy of slavery. University of Arizona political scientist James Clarke wrote recently in Society magazine that the black homicide rate in Chicago in 1925 was 103 deaths per 100,000 persons, compared to 11 per 100,000 among whites—and this was during the period when Chicago was earning a reputation for organized white gangsterism. “In Cincinnati,” Clarke continued, “the black rate was 190 per 100,000; in East St. Louis it was 229; in Miami it was a staggering 276. … In New York … black homicide rates were 12 times the white rates.”
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From the article: Like other diseases, homicide clusters have a source, a mode of transmission and a susceptible population, the report said, indicating the violence erupted in the city’s high-rise housing complexes, and spread south and west as those complexes were destroyed, and poverty spread throughout the city.
Man, they are just never going to make the connections that are screaming out at them from that information.
As pioneering black scholars W.E.B. DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier and Charles Johnson showed, this disparity is attributable to racist institutions and the legacy of slavery.
And there we have it, the ur-fallacy of black behavior.
As pioneering black scholars W.E.B. DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier and Charles Johnson showed, this disparity is attributable to racist institutions and the legacy of slavery.
Yes, since Africa itself is so peaceful, organized and safe.
slavery brothaz n’ sustaz! slavery! slavery, slavery, slavery!
“Yes, since Africa itself is so peaceful, organized and safe.”
For Africa the excuse is the legacy of colonialism, even though most former African colonies had better standards of living for both blacks and whites as colonies, than they do today as independent nations (the Belgian Congo was practically a first world country, whereas today it is arguably the worst place in the world).
I spent 3 months cross referencing shootings in Indanapolis with the NY Times census tracts to see race fo the inhabitants as well as who has moved in or out since 2000. It doesn’t need research grants and other funding, just common sense and a computer hooked up to the Internet.
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Sure. Case zero will be the first negro slave whose foot touched American soil. I’m certain that when this is found, the author will have to either heavily censor this conclusion or not publish.
There is a huge elephant in the room no one dares to address – race. Having lived in South Africa for most of my life, I can vouch that American Negros and African Negros have the same genetic make-up and predisposition to violence. Wherever they go, violence, crime increases and standards of living drop. The neighborhood goes to pot – literally and figuratively. That’s why there is persistent white-flight when they move in. It has nothing to do with hate – only with race-reality and experience. But, shhhhhhhh, wouldn’t want to wake that elephant up in case it tramples all over the smoke ‘n mirror excuses chanted by liberals, civil right’s pushers and race hustlers.