Well, Van Jones finally said out load what we all knew

White liberals don’t care about this so nothing will change.
If it ain’t racist, it’s not important to the libbies.
Sad, but true.
Pubs been saying it for years.

 

Yes, it’s a problem, and yes, it’s a myth that Black people don’t care about it.

 

I don’t think any of that was really debatable.
I think the true issue is the media and how they cover certain aspects of violence. Do you agree that the media pushes white violences and ices over other forms?
Do you agree that if you read an article and the suspected perpetrators are not described by skin color it is almost always non white … because if a white oeraon commits the crime.. it’s the lead descriptor almost every time?
The media pushes a narrative in our country. It’s why so many on both sides of the aisle have such twisted views of what is really happening.

 

Do you have some examples of what Pubs are doing about it?

“We found that murder rates are, on average, 40% higher in the 25 states Donald Trump won in the last presidential election compared to those that voted for Joe Biden. In addition, murder rates in many of these red states dwarf those in blue states like New York, California, and Massachusetts. And finally, many of the states with the worst murder rates—like Mississippi, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, and Arkansas—are ones that few would describe as urban. Only 2 of America’s top 100 cities in population are located in these high murder rate states. And not a single one of the top 10 murder states registers in the top 15 for population density.”

Third Way

 

So you're suggesting a police shooting gets more media attention than a neighborhood shooting? Guess what? The same is true for a cop being arrested for DUI, domestic violence or shoplifting from Walmart. They are under more scrutiny because they are hired, trained and paid to protect the public.

If you get a DUI, it's not even a blip on the local media's RADAR. Your local cop gets one and it's newsworthy.

 

I agree that media cover stories, including those about violent crimes, differently depending on those involved and affected. How that plays out in specific examples depends on which side’s media we’re talking about.

 

Facts are for libbies.

 

Stipulate on media bias. What is the solution?

Extreme: ban blacks from having guns? Forced integration?

hope: push education, religion, improve policing?

 

I know what I get (or don’t) with @Orange_and_Bluke. I expected a meme or gif though. I am slipping!

 

I'm not really sure what's so notable considering that's been common knowledge for decades that the perpetrators and victims of homicides are almost always of the same race.

 

I don’t blame the media for not giving much coverage when one gangbanger kills another gang banger. The overall issue is systemic, but outside of reporting murder stats there is no “story” to get people’s attention on those individual shootings (esp where it’s almost a daily occurrence). There is no victim for the public to be sympathetic towards.

However, I’d say when a gang shootout kills a bystander or child - that type of story should get basically the same play as a bad police shooting. Yet, it pretty clearly doesn’t. That criticism of the media is fair.

 

Yes, interracial crime gets more attention. But Are we pretending no one admits black in black crime is a huge problem?

 

Van Jones doesnt offer a solution in that segment. But if he did it would not be supported by right wingers.

Here is a link to the Van Jones established organization against institutional abuses of the justice system.

Van Jones | RFK Human Rights

 

Those population centers have voted in the same policies for generations at a 90% rate. To truly fix those issues would be very expensive and ugly and not generate a single extra vote. That why it doesn’t change. Good luck getting a politician to sign on to a policy thats costly and no additional votes than without the new policy. A successful venture in business is based on a P&L. Successful Venture in politics is adding votes.

 

I watched this when it was released. Jones sounded like the smartest person on earth especially compared to ann coulter lol

 

You left out one statistic that might explain what you are trying to say. The RED states you mentioned also have some of the highest black populations in the country. Just maybe the higher murder rates are more related to this statistic than the fact that they are red states.