LA Times: White people should be more afraid of other whites than they are of people of color

[gollygee]

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-males-white-americans-violence-sanctuary-cities-20170803-story.html

President Trump would have us believe that white Americans are endangered by immigrant drug dealers and gangsters, and the liberal politicians who abet them with so-called sanctuary cities.

At a recent rally in Ohio, Trump used lurid language to claim that gang members "slice and dice" beautiful girls like "animals." Last week, his administration strengthened its crackdown on sanctuary jurisdictions, announcing a new policy that requires local governments to either cooperate with federal immigration agents or lose funding.

It's obvious to anyone who's listening that when Trump talks about this terrifying other he's really talking about non-white people, not just any old foreigner; and indeed, Trump supporters in surveys conflate their fears of immigrants and dark-skinned people.

These fears, however, are not founded in reality. White people should be more afraid of other whites than they are of people of color.


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[CrispyQ]

1. I agree.

I find white men more threatening & I know some of that is their place in the hierarchy - the top. Their word will weigh more than mine. Their actions will not be scrutinized like mine. And they know that & some of them abuse it.

[ret5hd]

3. A black man has never stolen my pension.

[mainer]

4. Great column. I've never seen it approached in just this way.

And yes, I've always been more scared of whites than minorities.

[mythology]

5. The same is true in terms of minorities being more likely to be killed by a minority

Likewise a woman is most likely to be murdered by their partner.

Most crime is committed by someone known to the victim. Of course given violent crime has been dropping overall, it's probably easier to just be less afraid of people in general.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I already am.

Especially white men.

[brer cat]

7. Not only white, but republican.

According to the data, rates of homicides, gun killings and illicit-drug fatalities are highest in counties where nine in 10 residents are white and where President Trump won in the 2016 election.

[EffieBlack]

8. Yeah, but they're not ...