Youth Violence and Homicides, CGreenlee and MHorn1

Comments With Dr. James Haney Presents*CGreenlee and MHorn,two activists who talks about youth violence and homicides, some of the causes and consequences, Part 1 of 3
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Homicide among black males is an alarming problem and is often drug related, according to Dr. Winbush, but the statistics are not clear. There is an "increase in violence in places like Washington, D.C., while Los Angeles, for example, has manifested a sharp decrease in the past year in spite of the gang problems. After the 1992 riot a truce was called between two of the worst street gangs in L.A. history, the Crips and the Bloods. There has been virtually no violence between these two gangs since this truce. Before the truce there were 20 to 30 of them dying in street violence each month. "There is evidence throughout America that black males are becoming more aware of their own responsibility in dealing with their situation. They are beginning to talk to each other.
Black churches have a major role to play in this issue as well as other religious groups, such as the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam took Malcolm X out of prison and continues to do the same for others throughout our community," Winbush notes.
Drug abuse is generally associated with African American males, he continues, but there are also many stereotypes concerning drug abuse in America, "not only regarding blacks but whites as well. For example, National Public Radio did a series on drug addicts in America. It found that the most common person who takes crack cocaine an, insidious drug , is a white female, approximately 27 years old, making over $30,000 a year. The image, however, is that the primary person taking the drug a 19 year old black male. Interestingly enough,. the primary seller of crack cocaine at the street level is a black male. But the average buyer at the street level is a very high income white person. There are many images about drug abuse in America that we don't understand, that are reinforced by the media.

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History II 2020-01

Kayerra Patterson

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