Writing about the protests, my mom recently told me 'It is a sad fact that most of the crime is black on black' among other things that are SO frustrating that I gave up on trying to reply back.
Like to me that statement is a non sequitur, and says either:
that the cause of increased violence is systemic adverse conditions and outright theft of wealth/quality of life over 400 years making communities tough to succeed in (doubt my Mom understands this)
or that if this is not true, that POC are somehow more violent as a race. Some Stoddard, Günther eugenics BS.
All my parents thoughts about the protests have these racist undertones and I don't know how to open my parents to education and understanding - and it's also scary with the election they would never vote Trump but his Reagan esque re-launch next week seems like this is his new strategy.
I also strongly believe that the cause is the former - centuries of institutionalized persecution, a vicious cycle of poverty, etc. Why not respond with that? I can understand it being frustrating but we can't just shut off discussion of uncomfortable truths.
I have encountered many situations in my own life where liberal-minded people will outright deny claims like that. Unfortunately those are the statistics; denying facts helps no one. There is an explanation for those numbers - that is what the response should be.
Let your mom know that the majority of violence against most races comes from other members of the same race, especially in highly segregated societies. For example, 84% of White victims are killed by Whites, and 93% of African American victims killed by African Americans.
Like to me that statement is a non sequitur, and says either:
that the cause of increased violence is systemic adverse conditions and outright theft of wealth/quality of life over 400 years making communities tough to succeed in (doubt my Mom understands this)
or that if this is not true, that POC are somehow more violent as a race. Some Stoddard, Günther eugenics BS.
All my parents thoughts about the protests have these racist undertones and I don't know how to open my parents to education and understanding - and it's also scary with the election they would never vote Trump but his Reagan esque re-launch next week seems like this is his new strategy.
Just googling now I found this PDF, maybe I try sending that https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/wien...