The predominate reason for the higher increase of murders and murder victims being overwhelmingly black isn't because of poverty. It is largely cultural and the modern black cultures connection to gangster rap and gangsterism.

As Thomas Sowell has stated before back in the 30's and 40's as a young child he used to sleep out on his fireplace balcony well living in the middle of Harlem. This was during a time period where blacks where much poorer and much more oppressed by local and state governments due to racism. Yet today where blacks have a overall higher standard of living and black oppression is largely gone murder has sky rocketed among the black community. It is a culture issue. Its about the destruction of the black family, the rejection of education, and the embarrassing of gang related culture.

Many of these problems have risen largely due to the Great Society. Black by in large have had to suffer the negative side affects of government programing that was made to "improve there lives".

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