The CDC,
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6001a14.htm, tbl. 2, reports (2007
data) that the white non-Hispanic homicide rate was 2.75 (averaging the male
and the female rates); among black non-Hispanics, it was 24, among Hispanics
7.5, among American Indians 7.85, and among Asians 2.4.
But in any event, I don't think it's quite right to compare the
white homicide rate in the U.S. against the total homicide rate in Belgium (or
any similar country). Belgium presumably has its own minority groups, which
might well have higher homicide rates for their own social reasons. So it
seems to me that we should compare the homicide rate among the majority racial
group in the U.S. against the homicide rate among the majority racial (or, as
relevant, ethnic) group in the foreign country, not among the whole population
of the foreign country.
Eugene
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Subject: High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black communities.
I believe this is true. Anyone have the cites to the data?
"The homicide rate among whites in the US is roughly the same as the homicide
rate in Belgium (1.5-1.7/100,000). Among Blacks, the rare is 21/100,000. That's
more than double the hispanic rate of 8/100,000. Of those three groups, blacks
are the least likely to own a gun. Homicide in the US is not a gun problem, it
is a young black man problem."
Largely (entirely?) caused by social/cultural deficiencies.
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