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8 Stats That Dispel The Myth of Black Violence

 

photo: thyblackmen.com

photo: thyblackmen.com

Only about 1 percent of African-Americans — and no more than 2 percent of Black males — will commit a violent crime in a given year, according to a 2013 report, Race, Crime and Statistical Malpractice by timwise.org.

 

Photo: ourweekly.com

Photo: ourweekly.com

The actual rates of Black-on-white crime are lower than random chance would predict; No more than 0.7 percent (seven-tenths of one percent) of African-Americans will commit a violent crime against a white person, according to   2013 FBI expanded homicide data. 

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