5 Facts That Shatter the Myth of

Black-on-Black Crime
C. Robert Gibson | December 29, 2015
The next time you hear someone say black-on-black crime, show them this.
Whenever a tragedy like the non-indictment of 12-year-old Tamir Rices killers
happens, the racists inevitably come out to do battle with activists posting
indignant Facebook statuses, eager to deflect attention to police officers killing
black children to the specter of black-on-black crime.
However, black-on-black crime is a loaded term meant to enable racists,
cementing the idea in peoples heads that the real problem isnt the judicial
system and law enforcement disproportionately targeting black people for
arrest/incarceration/lethal force, but black people killing each other. It affirms the
erroneous viewpoint that everyone has equal opportunity in society, and that the
only reason black people are so disenfranchised is due to their own behavior.
Here are 5 facts that prove white-on-white crime is actually the real problem, and
that anyone trying to make black-on-black crime a major issue is just a racist
looking for positive reinforcement of their prejudiced worldview.

1. 84 percent of white murder victims were white

The FBIs homicide statistics, rallying murders for the 28 years between 1980
and 2008, dont lie. An overwhelming majority of homicides were carried out by
white people, against other white people. Even though the ratio of black
homicides against black victims is greater, the number of white murderers far
exceeds the number of black murderers. The fact that no media outlet will say

the words white-on-white murder despite this statistic shows a desire to bend
words to confirm racist viewpoints.

FBI homicide statistics, 2011

2. Whites kill more whites than black people kill each

other
In 2011, the most recent year for which data is available, 2,630 white people
killed 3,172 white people, according to FBI homicide statistics. When comparing
that to the black population, in which 2,447 African-Americans murdered 2,695 of
their own, white-on-white murder is clearly the bigger issue.

3. White people commit more crimes than any other

race
White people are the largest demographic in the United States, and as a result,
commit more crimes than any other race, largely against other white
people. 2010 crime statistics from the FBI confirm that whites lead blacks by 21 in arrests, and lead all other ethnicities by 2-1 in incidents of forcible rape (66.3
percent of rapes were committed by whites, while 31 percent were committed by

blacks). White people also lead black people by 2-1 in larceny-theft: 64.8 percent
of thieves are white, while only 31.9 percent of thieves are black.

4. White people kill more members of vulnerable

populations than any other race
Vulnerable populations are generally defined as children and the elderly. Family
members and significant others are also often targets of homicide, rather than
random victims. FBI homicide statistics from 1980 to 2008 show that white
people are, by the numbers, far more likely to kill children and the elderly than
any other race. Additionally, white people commit more sex-related and gangrelated homicides than any other race.

FBI homicide statistics, 1980-2008

5. Gang murders are most common among white

gangs

While a lot of attention has been given to the gang-related homicides in

Chicagos predominantly-black South side, very little press has been devoted to
covering the epidemic of white-on-white gangland murders. As the above chart
demonstrates, the majority of gang-related homicides are committed by white
people (53.3 percent white, 42.2 percent black), and the majority of white gang
murder victims are also white (56.5 percent white, 40 percent black). Have this
fact handy the next time someone bemoans black-on-black gang violence.