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Originally Posted by jtown,man
So in short, most whites want a safe neighborhood, most predominantly black neighborhoods don't provide this. I wouldn't live in any majority black neighborhoods in Chicago, for instance. I would live in majority, or near majority black suburban neighborhoods around Atlanta though, as the crime isn't high and I have never felt unsafe in those areas. Its *ALL* about safety.
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Most everyone wants safe neighborhoods, not just white people. And if you've ever been to Appalachia or the Pacific Northwest, or Oklahoma, you know there's lots of white "neighborhoods" (in quotes because they're not something you'd call a neighborhood from any urban perspective) that most people, regardless of race, wouldn't want to live in. On a per capita basis, crime can be just as bad, and in my opinion psychologically worse. I wouldn't leave my car unlocked in a city (regardless of the demographics, but let's assume there's black folks around) because I'm surrounded by literally several thousand or more people, and it only takes one bad actor to find my car and that's that. But when it's rural North Carolina and you have to lock it because there's some good old boy methheads that are checking cars when there's only like 800 people in the few square miles around me? That's just sad on a different level: it's not because of the pure mass of population, it's because there's a lot of scumbags in your area.
You're right that there's a problem in the African American community when it comes to crime, though. Every time that conversation is tamped down, it does it a disservice. At the ground level, African American communities sure as shit aren't ignoring it, and are considering it their #1 problem. At a national level, you can't talk about it unless you're a racist or an Uncle Tom, though.