Black Crime Rate

We hear quite frequently how black crime and various other black pathologies are the result of such large single mother families. That back in the 50’s and before blacks had intact families almost on par with whites and if we had that today it would change our out of control black crime problem. Without a doubt single mom households are generally not a good thing but high crime rates and blacks go hand-in-hand…

from the April 21th 1958 edition of Time magazine:

THEY are afraid to say so in public, but many of the North’s big-city mayors groan in private that their biggest and most worrisome problem is the crime rate among Negroes. In 1,551 U.S. cities, according to the FBI tally for 1956, Negroes, making up 10% of the U.S. population, accounted for about 30% of all arrests, and 60% of the arrests for crimes involving violence or threat of bodily harm—murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In one city after another, the figures—where they are not hidden or suppressed by politicians—reveal a shocking pattern. Items: New York (14% Negro). Of the…

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