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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by p1esk on Saturday January 28, 2023 @06:39PM (#34563182)
I wouldn’t use the word “genocide” in this context, unless you think what happens to young black men in US is similar to what happened in Rwanda.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by fwungy on Saturday January 28, 2023 @11:28PM (#34564942)
What do you call a murder rate of 81.7/100000 for black men aged 15-24?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...

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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by p1esk on Sunday January 29, 2023 @01:29AM (#34565516)
To me, a murder rate of 94000/100000 is a genocide, and 81.7/100000 is not.
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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by fwungy on Sunday January 29, 2023 @05:48PM (#34573589)
More black men are murdered in the US than white men. But whites outnumber blacks by at least 4:1.

Call it whatever you like, but acknowledge that this is horrific.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/251877/murder-victims-in...

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Re:Ask HN: Why Is Everything Declining? by p1esk on Monday January 30, 2023 @07:30PM (#34589007)
Some young men face a tough choice - work at McDonalds for $8/hr, or work for a local gang selling drugs on the streets. Yes, this choice in US is forced by society upon overwhelmingly black or latino men. But it is still a choice, and not every black man born in a poor neighborhood chooses a violent life of a gang member.

I have zero sympathy for criminals who're killing each other. Have you tried comparing murder rates of innocent non-violent civilians across different races?

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