Crime affects every neighborhood – not just the urban areas. Image by Dodgerton Skillhause
The majority of homicides that occur are intra-racial, or between members of the same race. However, in the media, there has been heavy focus on just one group committing these crimes.
Black-on-black crime has saturated media coverage in recent years – but who’s talking about the high rate of white-on-white crime?
Ignorance or Denial?
Right in the midst of the highly-publicized black-on-black crime, there is a high rate of white-on-white crime happening in America. Is the media is purposely denying these facts, even though the violence has reached an alarming rate?
It’s possible that there’s a lack of reporting because the theories that some use to explain crimes between blacks – such as poverty – aren’t applicable to much of the white-on-white crime that’s taking place. This is due to the fact that the white population is wealthier than the black population, according to Pew Research, yet the white-on-white crime rate is extremely high. Or maybe it’s just ignorance.
Whatever the reason, a 2011 FBI Uniform crime report showed that 86% of white American victims were killed by other white people, and also revealed that a white person was six more times likely to be killed by another white person than by a black person.
Snake Oil and Crime Truths
Edward Williams of The Root, says, “when it comes to America’s past and present, lies and snake oil are sold in many colors.” Edward’s statement highlights the fact that black-on-black crime has become “accepted” in the journalistic and political arenas. In fact, the media portrayal of black violence leads some white people to worry about getting killed by a black person – when they’re actually significantly more at risk from other white people.
Matthew Yglesias of the Vox noted that the white-on-white crime is a cultural pathology with complicated roots. He stated that European countries with a very high percentage of white people have a lower white-on-white crime rate than America, and that the poverty theory of creating criminal activity does not add up either. For example, the GDP in America is much higher than France, and the white population is much richer on average, and yet the U.S. has more white murderers.
Denying the existence of white-on-white crime will not produce any solutions. Yglesias pointed out that the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, has commented on issues with black-on-black crime – but has appeared oblivious to white-on-white crime.
President Obama isn’t alone, as his predecessors did not acknowledge the problem either.
The majority of both gang homicide victims and perpetrators were white. Image by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, adjusted by Decoded Science.
Where is the Media Obsession?
The media’s obsessed with black-on-black crime, but hardly, if ever, mentions concerns about white-on-white crime… or appears to notice that there is a problem. There is no outrage aired on the News at 5 from white communities, as we see in black groups when they protest, demand change for their community, and attempt to fix the problem.
According to Kush Azrael of the Call and Post, “when the news speaks about gang-related deaths, it is treated almost exclusively as a black problem.” He went on to point out that The Bureau of Justice Statistics “showed that during the period of 1990 to 2008, 53% of gang homicides were committed by white offenders and 56.5% of gang homicide victims were white.”
You constantly hear through the media about Black and the Latino gang-related killings but the statistics show that the majority of offenders were white. There’s still no public discussion about a white gang problem in America.
The term ‘politrix’ refers to the power system in a corrupt society. Is this the issue at hand? Copyright image by Decoded Science, all rights reserved.
The Politrix of Things
Why is this the case? There is the possibility that because of the severely high incarceration rate of black men. According to Sophia Kirby of The American Project/Alternet, “black men are six times more likely to go to jail than white men, and make up about 14% of drug users.” This illustrates that blacks are no more likely than whites to sell or use drugs but are given much longer sentences .
According to the Department of Justice between 1980 – 2008 white-on-white homicide was at 84% and black-on-black homicide at 93%.
In 2010 and 2011 FBI reports, white individuals were arrested more times for violent crimes than individuals of any other race – and their victims are overwhelmingly other white people.
The Bureau of Justice statistics data on homicide trends has shown that white-on-white killings are at 88% and the percentage of black-on-black killings is at 91%, yet the perception is that the high level of homicides that occur is just a “black thing.”
Aside from the homicide trend, the Bureau of Justice statistics arrest trends for 2010 showed that whites were arrested more than blacks for violent crimes, property damage and drug possession/use/abuse and manufacturing than blacks, and again, the victims are typically white as well. So what’s covering up the very real issue of white-on-white crime? Society and the media are united in not acknowledging the fact that Blacks are statistically no worse off than their white counterparts in terms of intra-racial criminality.
The Truth of the Matter is…
According to Edward Williams of The Root, “ there is no outrage or debate on the “white on white” violence but the myth and associated fear of “black on black” crime is sold as legitimate, mainstream descriptive and becomes America’s status quo.”
He also noted that, “Whites are the largest racial group in America, and commit the majority of crimes – leading aggravated assault 2-1 when compared to blacks or other racial groups.”
The FBI, DOJ and Census data support the math – which disputes belief that blacks are somehow more prone to violence. Unfortunately the fallacy has been so promoted that all of society, all ethnicities, have come to believe it as truth.
No Single Factor, No Single Race
Whether black or white, there is no single factor that contributes to a person engaging in criminal activity or breaking the law. Realistically, the high homicide rate in America needs to be addressed, setting aside race, because violence affects every community.
Despite the lack of media attention given to white-on-white crime, we should not be ignorant of what is taking place across the nation. Let’s take note that what is happening in the black community is happening in the white community as well.
© Copyright 2015 Dianne Small-Jordan, All rights Reserved. Written For: Decoded Science
Truth is actually not a fairytale.Your a fairytale dude. 90 percent of all whites that are killed are killed by other white people. The Aryan brotherhood and other white supremacist thugs are in prison for crimes against other whites, that’s a fact. In fact, incarceration rates for blacks and black men in particular are down over the last few years. Cause blacks are wising up and realizing ain’t no future in it. And as for black on white crime, it doesn’t exist. You have simply crime. If a black guy robs and kills a white person, its simply the act of someone who’s a criminal. That’s it. When whites attack and kill blacks which is happening a lot more frequently these days, look at Jordan Davis, Renisha Mcbride, and many others. Michael Dunn who killed Jordan Davis is now serving life in prison. Thank God for that. He thought he would get a pass cause Zimmerman did but not so. Zimmerman’s family had connections in high places. But Michael Dunn is just an ordinary guy filled with hate. He ain’t got no money or connections like that. So his ass is toast. If black people were killing whites like that, they’d be locked under jail faster than you can fuckin spit. Real talk.
The reason why it seems to whites commit more crime is because the ratio of whites compaired to blacks. And if we compare the number of whites in America compared to white crime, the ratio within the black nationality is almost twice as high due to their numbers.
That’s a foolish conclusion as the data is based on percentages not raw numbers. Read again and see the percentagesavings do reflect a ratio for each which is what makes it comparable.
Blacks rarely commit crimes against whites. Cause you look at Chicago for instance. Whites are given safe passage in black neighborhoods because they are 90 percent of the time there to buy drugs. And black people know the severe consequences of committing crimes against whites. You got white people who eat at the Soulveg in Chicago and Atlanta all the time in the hood too. So that’s a bunch of bullshit about black on white crime. You still got sun down towns in America where whites will kill a black man or woman, even a child if caught after sundown in their neighborhood. I’m black and I got more fear and apprehension about small hick towns in the middle of nowhere than in big cities, truth be told. Cause in big cities, I can get some help fast. I can easily get into a crowd and find a place of safety in big cities but small towns, dirt roads, empty fields, and night time forget it. Anything can happen out there and won’t nobody know nothing or see nothing and whoever do aint saying nothing. So its over then. Sally and Father Michael Pfleger are residents of Chicago’s Englewood and Auburn Gresham respectively and they’re white, living in poor black neighborhoods where people are shot everyday and have been for decades and these folks are safe. So don’t tell me about black on white crime.
Black people are not prone to violence by nature. White supremacy tells you otherwise. Domestic homicide is prominent amongst white people. Biker gang homicides are common amongst whites. Violence of all kinds is common amongst whites much more amongst blacks or anyone else. Black people don’t commit as much crime as everyone thinks we do. A few of us commit crimes just a few people of all races do.
1. Hispanics are included with whites in this chart. Look for the recent ones with Hispanics categorized as an individual group.
2. Whites commit 83% of white murders not 83% of all. Whites murder rate is tiny compared to blacks when looking at population. More blacks per all blacks commit murder. Period.
3. A. White on white crime is not the focus because blacks being outnumbered by whites 5 to 1 means there should be 5 times the murder numbers of blacks but for every 5000 white murders there are an equal 5000 black perpetrated murders. That’s like 6 people sharing 2 pizzas (5 white 1 black). The one black person eats an entire Pizza while the 5whites eat 1 pizza. 1 black person eats the same amount as the 5 whites combined. 1 black murders the same as 5 whites combined.
B. It’s also not mentioned because whites aren’t destroying their cities to complain about evil black people and police. Black people are.
4. Blacks attack whites in violence as often as they attack other blacks. Whites rarely attack blacks. Black on white rape is reaching epidemic numbers. Far more whites are raped by blacks every year than cops could kill blacks in 15 years.
5. Blacks aren’t charged with hate crimes even when admittedly attacking because they were white.
6. Maybe whites would stop defending cops if you racist folks would stop blaming whites when cops do something. But then you’re no where to be found when blacks/cops kill whites, both more often than the reverse.
7. Blacks over a decade killed 44% of all police killed. Blacks make up 13% of the population but killing 44% of police. There’s a big problem in how cops view you. Stop killing police. To compare: only 25% of people killed by police are black. So cops kill blacks at 12% over their population rate but blacks kill police at 31% over their population rate.
8. At 13% of the population blacks commit almost 40% of violent crime.
9. 16% of white murders are committed by non-whites. While 7% of black murders are committed by non-blacks. (Blacks kill blacks most often but kill whites and Hispanics at much higher rates than whites or hispanic kill them. Like 7-9 times)
10. Don’t bring your boy Obama into it. He always sides with the black guy.
Whites also committed the Holocaust and Stalin’s purges, get off your racial high horse.
Source? Can’t find these numbers anywhere. You pizza analogy is ridiculous and not supported by the data on this very page black do not kill more of their own proportionally or otherwise. This comment is more belief than factual.
Most americans are white so it fits more white crime. Proper ,non-biasing comparisons would use per capita. linked chart from this very story above
%Offenders—%Population – Rate per 100,000
White 45.3% 82.9% 4.5
Black 52.5 12.6 34.4
Im glad they are printing this. Cause if you watch America’s most wanted and other cops shows like Homicide hunter, most of your most violent criminals in America are white. Your most dangerous felons are white. Thats a fact. Most of your kidnappers, serial rapists, and serial killers are white. White kids kill for pleasure. Look at show like kids that kill most of them are white. Killing their friends, siblings, and even their parents. But white supremacy has promoted black on black crime which is a false narrative created out of systematic white supremacy. But killers and criminals exist amongst every race. Asians have lots of crime amonst them but its kept quiet, they dont report it. They don’t talk to police. Its fear and shame that keep them silent. Crime and violence have everywhere in America and around the world.
latinos peruvians etc are not white but are statistically categorised as whites ….. gangs
Great article! Very well written.
According to the 2010 National Crime Victimization Survey done by the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the U.S. department of Justice, 62,593 blacks were the victims of white violence. That sounds pretty bad until you go on to consider that the survey also found 320,082 whites were victimized by violent black criminals. Seems to me that the problem is neither black-on-black crime nor white-on-white crime. The real crime epidemic that’s out of control in the country is the record numbers of BLACK-ON-WHITE crime!
Thank you very much.
this funny seeing as i see more black gangs and blacks attacking and killing other blacks as well as whites. there has been very few white on white ever reported…………………………i don’t see any truth in what this article says myself…………………………………………
Due to the media focus. Thanks for proving the article’s point.
Reported does not mean in media dipsht. The point was white gang violence is almost nonexistent. Even Asians beat whites in gang violence.
That’s the point of the article! You are brainwashed into thinking that blacks are your enemy regardless of your race!! You are a perfect example of media influence. You won’t see it unless they tell you it is so!
Cause you don’t see it, it means its not true? They show you what they want to show you, and you’re smart enough to know this! I would hope you are, not coming at you just saying. If white run this country do you really thing they’re going to let you know the wickedness they’re doing? Or point it on somebody else so you can take the attention off of them? I’m just saying…
There’s a tree Idaho that you can’t see, does it not exist?
i think you and almost every other site is ignorant of what (or rather who) “white” means in fbi statistics. do some homework and google the fbi pages and find the categories and their def’ns.
whites seem to include anyone who is not in the other two categories; “black or african american” and “other race” which is defined as including “american indian or alaska native; asian; native hawaiian or other pacific islander” (there is a forth category called “unknown race which accounts for a few murders and seems self explanatory, but who knows)
this would mean “white” would include among others, caucasians (presumably this would this also include russians, new baltic state immigrants, etc.), hispanics and latinos, and muslims from the middle east., etc.
further, i wonder what exactly “black or african american” is? where would a libyan fit out of curiosity?
how many “white” murders are mexican? honduran? yemen? colmbian? etc. etc.
first para. came across a bit rude,. sorry, wasnt the intention…
Nice article but that statics chart sucks lol.. Okay so since there isn’t the same coverage why aren’t other media outlets challenging them? A random article that only a handful will see or care to read won’t make a change, and I’m about making a change for my children’s future in the present.
Who can we challenge the mainstream media to be at the least fair ground reporting?.
Didn’t you read the article? The mainstream media is owned by a handful of people in whose interests it serves. Bringing out the fact that PEOPLE commit murder within their own communities, cultures, countries, race, class, etc., would leave them with no tools for demonizing. People of African descent and South American and Caribbean immigrants in particular. It works however, this game of divide and conquer, that’s why they continue to do it. If today, we decided to changed our Minds and open our Hearts to accept that we are ALL connected and it is the best interest of the survival, of both humankind and Earth herself, to do so – all of this would be over and done
Thank you David.
Great article! Too bad this isn’t more mainstream or written about. I will gladly share this will everyone I know.