Racism

This is something a friend sent me today... Skim over the article, and you can immediately see what it is about. My response to my friend follows after....

Here is an interesting response to Al Sharptons DEMANDING the identity of the police officer that shot the teenager. I found this on Yahoo! news and felt it too interesting to not share.

If there are 5 blacks per 100 people, everyone applauds how integrated the community is.

At 5-10% black there is an occasional spike in loudness, but it's usually isolated and brief. People are usually too embarrassed to say anything, and it temporarily abates.

At 10-20% black, these problems rise dramatically. People occasionally hear loud hip-hop music from a passing vehicle, usually later & later at night, as an outgoing signal of rising 'blackness' in the community.
Pasadena, California — Black 10.7% (figures are 2011)
Manhattan, New York — Black 12.9%

At 20-30% black, the loudness & behavior is so disruptive that well-meaning families begin to stop going to certain public areas. Black-on-black fights occur to establish dominance, and fights between black females occur in parking lots, usually over a black male.
Boston, Massachusetts — Black 24.4%
Tampa, Florida — Black 26.2%

At 30-40% minor public incidents give way to more serious crimes, and somewhere in the community the first felonies occur at the hands of blacks, targeting the elderly or defenseless.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida — Black 30.9%
Compton, Los Angeles — Black 32.9%
Willowbrook, Los Angeles — Black 34.4%

40-60% sees an atmosphere that is so loud, fast, & unpredictable that it interferes with peaceful activity. At this stage people's gut sense of "safety" in the community is eroding. Anticipating the unexpected starts to factor into simple decisions like going to the store or getting into one's car.
Inglewood, Los Angeles — Black 43.9%
Philadelphia — Black 44%
South Chicago — Black 50.2%
Carol City, Florida — Black 52.1%

60-75% black: expect covert drug use, and concealed guns. Good families are moving away. At this stage hip-hop emanating from cars is now an advertisement for illegal drug sales.
Opa-locka, Florida - Black 69.6% (In 2004 Opa-locka had the highest rate of violent crime for any city in the United States.)
Ladera Heights, California — Black 73.7%
Overtown, Miami — Black 74.7%

Now, at 75-85% black, walking down the street is now a risk. Find hair-trigger, unprovoked violence, usually targeted against those of non-black race. Calls to 9-1-1 demonstrate slower & slower response times. Local businesses deteriorate, as does the general condition of the neighborhood. The last of the liberal, die-hard families vacate the community whose memories they have cherished for decades.
East Garfield Park, Chicago — Black 75.5%
Brightmoor, Detroit — Black 82.7%
Gary, Indiana — Black 84%
Metcalfe Park, Milwaukee — Black 84.1%
Shaw, Washington D.C. — Black 84.8%

At 85-95% black, the public institutions in the area (schools, libraries, etc.) slowly wither from lack of use. Consumer places (food stores, day-care centers, etc.) show graffiti & territorial gang signs, and gang membership now outweighs the number of non-gang people. Drug sales & prostitution are open and obvious. A gunshot is heard every week. All businesses which are still in operation (liquor stores, stereo wholesalers, etc.) have bars on their windows.
Highland park, Detroit — Black 93.5%
Liberty City, Florida — Black 94.6%

At 95-100% black, there is debris everywhere. A large number of dwellings are ruined or burned-out. At this stage, the economy of the community is nearing total collapse, and good jobs are scarce. Emergency services infrequently patrol for fear of risking officers' lives.
Bronzeville, Milwaukee — Black 96.2%
Washington Heights, Chicago — Black 97.2%
Franklin Park, Florida — Black 97.6%
Englewood, Chicago — Black 100%
The name of the neighborhood is now synonymous with violence & gangs. At this stage the spread of this condition bears characteristics similar to the unchecked spread of a virus, and adjacent communities begin to show signs of following suit.

My response:

Wow. This is possibly the most racist article I have ever read. I have nothing against people of other races, however, I do have something against people writing and publishing articles like this, trying to just feed into the whole race war situation. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I don't need a bunch of "statistics" telling be how black people ruined their neighborhood. It's all a bunch of bullshit numbers crunched into an article trying to persuade it's readers to their side.

You have heard the saying... "75% of all statistics are made up (including this one)."

Just because someone put this on the Internet, doesn't make it true or accurate. Where are all of these supposedly accurate statistics even coming from? What is the source?

I work with a high number of black people, and various other races, and never have I felt unsafe, even at night, walking to my car in the parking lot. There are bad people all over.

What about largely hispanic neighborhoods?
Or trailer parks full of rednecks?
What about white teenage rich boys that just like to cause suffering for the "lower classes?"

There is crime and danger in all of those areas. This study merely focuses and singles out one specific race.

I'm not saying they don't have problems in the black community. What I am saying is that the writer singled out only black,  instead of doing any type of across the board comparison.

These are just my opinions on the article. I'm not trying to be difficult. I just feel like, as long as articles like this are passed around, it is just feeding into the race agenda. If people weren't always making such a big deal about races, it would be less of a deal.

I dunno. Just my opinion.