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THE WHITE CULTURE OF THIEVERY
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Whenever Black criminals are paraded in front of new cameras or convicted for their crimes, there invariably is a chorus of remarks from conservative, right wing pundits, many whites and even some Blacks about a supposed “culture of criminality” that exists in Black society.
As ignorant as this claim is and despite the fact that this activity is clearly explained in research as being a result of extreme poverty instead of race, the assumption remains that these criminal acts are a result of some inbred leaning of Blacks toward unruliness and law breaking .
But somehow, when it comes to White folks and thier crimes, we almost always forget to apply the same standard and hence, come up with the same “biological deviance” conclusion. This despite thier relative absence from the conditions of extreme poverty and the over abundance of evidence of thier criminality.
As usual Glen Ford of The Black Agenda Report provides a clear picture of the double standard that exists when it comes to the street crimes of poverty stricken Blacks and the more pervasive white collar crimes of the White corportate class.
As the late, great psychologist Dr. Amos Wilson once said, if Whites want to speak in terms of criminality and its biological underpinnings, fine. We’ll start that conversation by shining the spotlight on them and thier actions and we’ll soon see who is the most lawless, the most deviant and the most biologically predisposed to criminality!!!!
