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Libertarian Party Press Releases
February 15, 2001
Shocking FBI study: Blacks are more likely to be arrested for hate crimes
WASHINGTON, DC -- African-Americans who thought that hate crime laws would protect them against rampaging white racists are in for a shock: A new FBI study reveals that blacks are proportionally one-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested for hate crimes against whites than vice versa.
"This new hate crime study is Jesse Jackson's worst nightmare," said Steve Dasbach, Libertarian Party national director. "It appears that he and other African-American leaders have been duped into crusading for laws that have condemned a disproportionate number of blacks to prison.
"In light of this study, it's fair to ask who poses a greater threat to the black community: Racist, violent whites -- or oblivious black politicians?"
The hate-crime issue was thrust back into the national spotlight on Tuesday when the FBI released its "Hate Crime Statistics" report for 1999, which is part of the agency's annual Uniform Crime Report.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide reported that 2,030 whites were arrested for hate crimes against blacks, while 524 African-Americans were arrested for such crimes against whites.
Adjusting for the fact that blacks make up only 13% of the population, blacks were statistically one-and-a-half times more likely than whites to face prosecution for hate crimes.
"Unfortunately, hate crime laws have boomeranged on blacks," said Dasbach. "African-Americans thought that hate crime legislation would protect them, but instead they're being used as another legal weapon to prosecute them.
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Originally posted by Trustnone
Nygdan, "Pride in a social construct that has no physical reality? Well, if you say so.... " no physical reality? what world are you living in?
Whether you like it or not, White people have created and maintained this country,
I dont know where you get this idea that civilization is purely a social construct because it's not. [/'quote]
Race is most certianly a social idea. Civilization can also, arguably, be said to be similar, but I'd agree that if technology has a lot to do with civilization, then one can say that technology exists outside of sociology.You must be rather uneducated on history if you think that civiliation is a matter of whites. The 'most' white pepl were amoung the last people's on teh planet to become civilized. The Germans, for example, were still running around with spears and the britons were still smearing their naked bodies with blue woad while the Romans were steadily advancing the civilization that they had inhereted from the Greeks and Etruscans. Egypt was running a nation while europe was in extreme barbarism, China was unififed while 'white' people were teh utmost savages, and harrappa was collecting dust long before 'white men' started using the semetic alphabet to write out their bar-bar talk. Civilization is human, not white. All groups of humans have demonstrated that they are more than capable of being civilized and powerful, and thats because, all men are created equal.
Amorymeltzer
I'm proud to be Irish. Im not Irish, but I'm proud of it anyway
On St Pattys Day at least, we all get to be irish!
Originally posted by Lysergic
Your tribe, our tribe, your tribe MY TRIBE!
Originally posted by WeBDeviL
There is a horrible double-standard in Liberal America.
Only white people can be racist apparently. I can't even tell you how many times I've seen this double-standard.
It isn't just with blacks, but with hispanics, asian, indian, etc etc.
Apparently white people deserve no respect because of acts committed hundreds of years ago =/
Another sign of the downfall of America..
-wD
Originally posted by KrazyIvan
what people fail to realize now a days is that the white male is the most discriminated against person on the planet.
what people fail to realize now a days is that the white male is the most discriminated against person on the planet.