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Since math is racist, let's do some math to debunk the 13/50 lie.
“Blacks make up approximately 13% of the US population while they commit 52% of crime. In 2014 according to the FBI, 90% of black homicide victims were killed by other black people.”
This has been a common statement made here. It is incorect.
In 2020, there were 7,173,072, crime offenders in the United States. That 7.1 million is 100 percent of the offenders in America. In 2020 according to the census, the U.S. population was 331,449,281. That number is 100 percent of the U.S. population. Out of 331,449,281 citizens, 7,173,072 people or 2.16 percent of the American population were criminal offenders. In 2020, whites(3,642,932) made up 51 percent of all criminal offenders. 29.5 percent(2,122,038) were black. The 3,642,932 white offenders were 1.09 percent of the American population. The 2,122,038 black offenders were 0.6 percent of the American population. This is where the 13 percent excuse fails. Simple math shows the misuse of percentages. The 13 percent excuse uses the percentage of blacks committing a crime against the percentage of the black population instead of it being used to reflect the percentage of blacks committing a specific violation. The numbers here show that 13 percent of the American people are not committing 50 percent of the crime. Furthermore, they show that 1 percent of the population is 51 percent of the criminal offenders and they are not black.
Christopher Tremoglie, Most of the people killed by the police are white, Washington Examiner, October 05, 2021, Most of the people killed by the police are white - Washington Examiner
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Offenders by Race and Ethnicity, 2020, https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2020-incident-based-data
U.S. Department of the Census, U.S. and World Population Clock, April 1, 2020, Population Clock
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Arrests by Race and Ethnicity, 2020 Table 43
“Blacks make up approximately 13% of the US population while they commit 52% of crime. In 2014 according to the FBI, 90% of black homicide victims were killed by other black people.”
This has been a common statement made here. It is incorect.
In 2020, there were 7,173,072, crime offenders in the United States. That 7.1 million is 100 percent of the offenders in America. In 2020 according to the census, the U.S. population was 331,449,281. That number is 100 percent of the U.S. population. Out of 331,449,281 citizens, 7,173,072 people or 2.16 percent of the American population were criminal offenders. In 2020, whites(3,642,932) made up 51 percent of all criminal offenders. 29.5 percent(2,122,038) were black. The 3,642,932 white offenders were 1.09 percent of the American population. The 2,122,038 black offenders were 0.6 percent of the American population. This is where the 13 percent excuse fails. Simple math shows the misuse of percentages. The 13 percent excuse uses the percentage of blacks committing a crime against the percentage of the black population instead of it being used to reflect the percentage of blacks committing a specific violation. The numbers here show that 13 percent of the American people are not committing 50 percent of the crime. Furthermore, they show that 1 percent of the population is 51 percent of the criminal offenders and they are not black.
Christopher Tremoglie, Most of the people killed by the police are white, Washington Examiner, October 05, 2021, Most of the people killed by the police are white - Washington Examiner
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Offenders by Race and Ethnicity, 2020, https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2020-incident-based-data
U.S. Department of the Census, U.S. and World Population Clock, April 1, 2020, Population Clock
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, Arrests by Race and Ethnicity, 2020 Table 43