Well the "it's all a result of poverty" narrative has been dominant for decades, but that has always been completely wrong. The Color of Crime has real stats and statistical analysis, unlike the SPLC's garbage
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Poverty might cause someone to steal, but it doesn't really cause assault. In contrast, does crime cause poverty? Absolutely! Criminals are not good people to hire, for one thing.
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One could say that socioeconomic marginalization makes gangs appealing to young people, but this also applies to Hispanics, and they do not have such a high homicide rate. Either way, it's a mix of dysfunctions where one feeds another. Stupid and impulsive people have a difficult
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time being successful in the legitimate economy. So crime is an alternative for them. Both poverty and crime are the causes. It is similar to how stupid and impulsive people have a difficult time organizing a good government to take care of their needs, so the government and the
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population are trapped in an endless cycle of incompetence and lack of accountability.
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We can easily see how crime could cause poverty. Think about how difficult economic activity can be if property rights are not secure. Too much stealing and the stores go out of business. You have to trust people to honor contracts and not stab you.
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The possibility of the inverse causation of poverty causing crime is only reasonably clear for nonviolent crime, but even there a closer analysis of the motivations of criminals reveals that few are just stealing bread to survive.
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Anyway I know you're agreeing, and yes just looking at the poor Hispanic and Asian data demonstrates this.
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(My point is just that the whole concept of poverty causing crime is at least half disingenuous to begin with)
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Just got demographics from wiki 44.6% white 5.7% ny are poor whites 25.1% black 8% of ny are poor blacks Removing approx 3% of blacks from that 8% to make it a 1:1 comparison controlling for income, the murder multiple is now 19.3. I wonder what Chicago looks like.pic.twitter.com/OIq1IRDUz4
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I derived income percentages from your posted children chart
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