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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Sure, call it white on white violence if it makes you feel better.  The point is, you don’t have white people blaming *their* violence on blacks, or insisting that blacks fix it, or that blacks are somehow responsibile.  Why does the black community feel whites need to take responsibility for the violence in black neighborhoods?[/quote]

These are not separate problems. We are not talking about Venus and Mars. These are all American communities. The root of what Chris Rock was getting at is how there are different response to each community. He is not saying that white people are responsible for stopping violence in black communities. That is your misunderstanding. Rather, he is saying that if the white community faced the same problems, the response would be a lot different. Compare the reaction to the crack epidemic to the opioid epidemic? The first was met with enhanced police powers, increased incarceration, and a "tough on crime" approach. The second is met with sympathy and a public health approach. Completely different. Black communities don't want special treatment -- they already get "special treatment" that they would rather not have. The want the same type of response that would be give a white community.
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