I assumed that systemic oppression had caused poverty which led to increased crime rates in black US populations.
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wrote a fantastic piece I'm just now seeing in which they find this is not the case; it seems to be fatherlessness. 1/
https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differences-in-homicide-rates-are-poorly-explained-by-economics/ …
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_family_structure#Theories … This has some theories: *African culture emphasizes extended networks, not fatherhood *Something something welfare? *Incarceration? But why didn't this create fatherlessness/cheating/broken families for white people in similar situations?
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While the view ‘religious people practice what they preach’ is common, it is almost certainly false. The opposite is more likely to be true: People preach about what they struggle with. (This is also why the anti-gay preachers tend to be exposed as closet cases.)
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When you understand this connection, it becomes clearer. Being surprised that someone who attends church cheats on their spouse is like being surprised that someone who attends AA meetings has a drinking problem. *That is why they are there.*
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