So statistics only matter if they support your narrative.

Statistics are facts.

The number of white on white crimes, The color of the cop, and whether the cop got executed or not are all statistics. The difference between zeusdethroned and your post is that zeusdethroned did his research and provided citations.



But let’s get into the meat of it, shall we?

Let’s start with the US population.

The population of whites and blacks in the US are not equal. 63% of the total US population identify as a non-hispanic white, while 12% make up the black population.

Using that information, and the FBI’s homicide data, you can come to the conclusion that 16% of white victims are the victims of black-on-white crime, while only 7% are the victims of white-on-black crime (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/394489/new-data-its-still-about-black-black-crime-heather-mac-donald)

Adjusting for population, you find that blacks are 25x more likely to commit violence against whites than vice versa.

I’m no good at these things, but black pigeon does a good job at breaking it down here.



But look. I’m not here to bait a racial debate. I’m here because I’m tired of this misinformation.

Let’s break down the word racism.

It’s made of the word race, and the suffix -ism.

’Race’, in the context we’re talking about it, is ‘any group into which humans can be divided according to their shared physical or genetic characteristics’, as defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/race)

According to the same disctionary, 'Ism’ refers to a set of beliefs, especially of ones that you disapprove of. (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ism)

Putting those together, Racism refers to the act of disapproving of a human based on their physical or genetic characteristics.



Whites can be racist against Blacks.

Blacks can also be racist against Whites.



Anybody can disapprove of anyone based on any number of reasons. Racism just happens to be one of the most bigoted and disgusting reasons someone could have.



But let’s move on to the idea of discrimination.

If anyone discriminates you based on your race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, You are protected under the law.

It’s called the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

But let’s get a little philosophical, eh?

If blacks get paid less for an equal amount of work, and they apparently can do so without any reprucussions, why do buisnesses not hire exclusively black employees? Buisnesses are greedy. They want every penny they can salvage. That’s part of why the economy is so fucking shit right now.

If you can provide some proof, with citations, of this wage gap, I’ll happily retract my comments.



Onwards.



The reason whites are so overrepresented in media is because the US is majority white. As I stated earlier, Blacks only make up 12% of the US’ population. If you were to look at the media in a majority black country such as Kenya, you’d find that whites are underrepresented there. If you were go to India, you’d find the same thing. It comes down to that word you hate. Statistics.



But look. As I said in my earlier post, Our society is shit. It’s no doubt whites have been a bad influence on the black community. But in our modern society, so have black people.

A community is made up as individuals, and as Ben Carson once said, “The person who is most responsible for you, is you.”

His mother refused to be a victim. She made sure he fostered a love for learning, and he ended up succeeding in one of the most difficult jobs in the world, because we live in a meritocracy.



It doesn’t matter who you are. If you do well in what you do, you will succeed. Ben Carson is proof of that.

I’m not going to sit here and argue that our system is perfect, as it’s hard to achieve a well-paying position.

College is expensive.

Student Loans are nigh-inexcusable.

Poverty is a problem.

But none of these are race-based issues. These are issues with us as a country. And the sooner we stop baiting the racial and gender divide, the sooner we can put that wonderful energy towards things that actually matter, and improve our country as a whole.

But no, by all means, go ahead and tell this guy to cash in his white priviledge already.



