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Old 03-17-2010, 02:58 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Thanks for keeping them straight
Keeping who straight on what?
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Old 03-17-2010, 01:34 PM
 
Location: NE Phoenix
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some of the safest big cities in the US also have no white majority, such as:

San Jose (32% white)
Honolulu (21% white)
El Paso (15% white)
New York (44% white)
San Diego (48% white)
San Antonio (29% white)
And most of those cities have a large hispanic population versus a black one.

BTW, I'm not hispanic.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:46 PM
 
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And most of those cities have a large hispanic population versus a black one.

BTW, I'm not hispanic.

believe it or not, miami is pretty safe, most of the crime happens in the black community, which is about 15% of the population.
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Old 03-17-2010, 04:38 PM
 
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believe it or not, miami is pretty safe, most of the crime happens in the black community, which is about 15% of the population.
And the persons most affected by Blacks who committ crimes are more often than not Black as well. The way I look at it. We can't look at the criminals without ignoring the victims of crime.
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Old 04-18-2010, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Bardstown, KY
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And most of those cities have a large hispanic population versus a black one.

BTW, I'm not hispanic.
Did you automatically assume that post was directed towards blacks. I dont recall anyone saying that those areas were like that cause of blacks. All they said was they weren't primarily white.
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Old 04-18-2010, 08:23 PM
 
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I'm black, and I can admit that some (a higher percentage than any other race) black folks just don't know how to act. We don't have to be all PC about the truth.

Camden #1, no surprise, and they just had a big police corruption scandal that may result in the throwing out of over 200 cases, many of which are felony cases.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:28 PM
 
Location: pittsburgh
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I'm black, and I can admit that some (a higher percentage than any other race) black folks just don't know how to act. We don't have to be all PC about the truth.

Camden #1, no surprise, and they just had a big police corruption scandal that may result in the throwing out of over 200 cases, many of which are felony cases.
Im black also and I TA....black folks just dont know how to act and while we often scream that we are being sterotyped it seems that it is often warranted. Im living in a Pittsburgh suburb that is predominatly white trying to raise my son away from all the nonsense that goes on in the inner city. While Pittsburgh is overall a pretty decent place to live most of the crime occurs in the highly populated african american communities.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:41 PM
 
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Im black also and I TA....black folks just dont know how to act and while we often scream that we are being sterotyped it seems that it is often warranted. Im living in a Pittsburgh suburb that is predominatly white trying to raise my son away from all the nonsense that goes on in the inner city. While Pittsburgh is overall a pretty decent place to live most of the crime occurs in the highly populated african american communities.
As with anywhere; It's a damn shame. I just now got away from 'em.
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Old 04-19-2010, 08:43 AM
 
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Im black also and I TA....black folks just dont know how to act and while we often scream that we are being sterotyped it seems that it is often warranted. Im living in a Pittsburgh suburb that is predominatly white trying to raise my son away from all the nonsense that goes on in the inner city. While Pittsburgh is overall a pretty decent place to live most of the crime occurs in the highly populated african american communities.
Here is something else that I notice. Most Black people DO NOT commit crimes. Most of the crime is committed by a small part of the population. With that said, much of the crime committed by Blacks is concentrated very high in predominantly Black areas. There can be safe, predominantly Black areas. I should know this because I am doing a project about crime in Atlanta. There are areas in Atlanta that are predominantly African-American and have low crime rates. Then again, many middle-class and affluent African-Americans have concentrated themselves in a few areas of the city. Same with Los Angeles with View Park-Windsor Hills, Ladera Park and Baldwin Village. Predominantly Black areas that are very affluent. They are out there. I don't know what goes on in PGH when it comes to middle-class African-Americans.
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Old 04-19-2010, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Cleveland
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Cleveland is no surprise, unfortunately.

Youngstown won't be on these lists anymore because it's dropped below 75,000 people.
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