The Price Of Life To A Young Black Man

Today and tomorrow we will look at how todays youths
feel and value life. Today we examine the way American
black males put such a low premium on life. The author
of this story breaks down how todays black youth justifies
the devaluation of his and others blacks lives. After reading
we strongly urge you to comment.


The senseless and heartbreaking murder of Blair Holt 10 days ago drew community rage and made headline news only because Holt was an exemplary honor student at Julian High School and, in keeping with the type of person he was, he died protecting another friend when the gunplay on the bus started. As a former South Side resident, I know that violence all too tragically claims the lives of far too many young black men such as Holt.

The other tragedy is that while black-on-black murders may be a non-story, black homicides fuel the nation's murder surge. Last February, the Violence Policy Center reported that black murders are off the chart in many of America's big cities.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics in its report on homicides went one better and found that the black murder rate is many times higher than that of whites, or even Latinos. In fact, it's the leading cause of death among black males age 16 to 34.

By contrast, among white men, murder drops to No. 5 after accidents, suicide, cancer and heart disease as a cause of death. More police, dozens of new prisons and tougher laws haven't curbed black violence. And they won't. Blacks don't slaughter each other at such a terrifying rate because they are naturally violent or crime prone. They are not killing each other simply because they are poor and victimized by discrimination. Or because they are acting out the obscene and lewd violence they see and hear on TV, in films and in the gangster rap lyrics that blare on the streets.




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