Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Thoughts on the concept of black on black crime


Picture the scene. A newspaper reports that someone has been stabbed or assaulted in “Sarf” London. Another grimly reveals that someone has been shot in Tottenham, North London; or maybe in Aston, Birmingham. One common denominator that I have noticed in these articles is that these papers who run the stories, and the journalists who print them are, doubtless in the interests of a warped form of political correctness, always quick to add that “the crime is believed to be currently under investigation by Trident”.  These are all heavily black areas. In the whiter and equally impoverished areas of London, Birmingham, Liverpool etc white on white crime is simply known as ....crime.. with little, if any, emphasis put upon the race of the victim or the perpetrator.

For those who do not know, Trident is the section of the Metropolitan Police in London that investigates gang crime. It was formed in 1998 to combat a spate of shootings that broke out in Brixton, London that primarily involved “Yardie” Gangs which were comprised, chiefly, of drug dealers of Jamaican origin (Posses)in the United States).

You may read a bit more about Trident here

These days, despite this department having since widened its scope to include all gang related criminality regardless of the racial composition of the individual gangs, the term is basically used as a euphemism for what is commonly described as “black on black” crime. So each time some outrage happens in the black community, in the interests of politeness, the papers decline to nakedly mention the race of the perpetrator or, more accurately in many instances, the alleged perpetrators, they throw the Trident thing into the mix as a sort of dog whistle to let their often right wing readers know what race the prime suspects are.

This concept, once sneeringly guffawed at by those of Middle Eastern and North African origin and who, to be blunt in my experience, have a nasty habit oflooking down on black people, appears to have begun to visit them too. Each time there is a shooting, or an explosion somewhere there is always some sort of mention of Mosque attendance, or discarded Koran's, or that “the suspect/s is or are thought to be of “Mediterranean appearance” They sneer no more.


However, my main concern here is that there appears to be some sort of “racialising” of crime as if to suggest that should a certain type of crime take place it can be reasonably presumed that that crime was committed by a black man, or by an Arab or Middle Eastern looking person. Well, looking at the statistics, this appears to be a inaccurate despite the media coverage. Not all terrorists are Arabs as past events in places in Northern Ireland and past and present ones in the United States will show. The same goes for gang related activity. Not all gangs are black as one might notice when one takes the time to consider the Mafia, who are often portrayed as romantic, Robin Hood style criminals rather than the soulless murderers that they truly are.

Some other non black gangs below


Believe me, the above two gangs, like all other racially exclusive gangs murder way more of their own kind than other races, often over money, betrayal, or for "racial treachery". The incineration of the hapless Jessica Chambers is a case in point.


To compartmentalise crime and general evil-doing on the basis of race is dangerous and in my view, more than just a little dangerous as it leads to generations of children growing up with it hard wired almost innately in them to believe that a black man is someone you should flee, and always view with a healthy suspicion, rather than judge based on the individuals character as opposed to the entire race - as often seems to be the case from what I have learned over a life time of putting up with stereotypes.

Shall we judge an entire race because of the actions of a few?


It is a wrong way to approach life and I blame the media who, ironically, we ll look up to for guidance and a sense of morality, for perpetuating and propagating these myths. Evil is evil and should be confronted and reported upon fairly and with sincerity and integrity. The media is a powerful and widely influential institution which society looks up to and should not be used as a tool with which to shape society through a bigoted prism as often appears to be the case even within certain sections of the so called liberal media.

No black people don't all dance and listen to rap music, we don't all set out from our houses in the evening with the intention to mug and rob innocent people. We don't all play sport well, we are not all rapists and irredeemable drunks. We are just the same as other people and have the same, proportionally, inclinations to do either good or bad. Don't judge me because of what I wear, how I talk, how I cut my hair, how I choose to follow my own cultural norms as opposed to yours. If I have an Afro that is my business. If I choose to wear dreads that is my business too. Its how I choose to live. You don't know me to judge me. Neither do I know you to judge you either.

Frankly speaking I don't care what you do or how you live your life unless you wish to do me harm.



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