Why do black people commit so much crime?

In every society that has evert existed, the segment of society that is the most disenfranchised commits the most crime per capita. Black Americans have been subject to 300 years of social, psycholgical, and economic opression that keeps the majority of them in poverty.. Poor whites commit about the same amount of crime per capita too, it's just that unlike blacks, the majority of white Americans aren't living in poverty.

I dont know how old you are or what kind of education you have, but just by asking this question, i can tell you have a lot of learning to do. many people of different races commit crime everyday..... white, black, hispanic, chinese, etc... to actually ask why black people commit so much crime makes you seem very ignorant. i hope you realize that crime, along with other things is not based solely on one race.

that's is a very bad stereo type ..
I think all race's are about the same in crime problems , their are not more then the other, Court TV you should watch more cause they also have lot of whites and Hispanics that are arrested as well not just black people..
There is no that race is worst in the crime area we are all the same no matter how you look at it.:)

I don't think it's a matter of color. The most important thing is education. Any race can commit to crime, drugs etc, usually the less education they got the more the get into crime. Education of their parents is important as well, the more educated their parents are, they'll know teaching the kids the right value. Proper up bringing will lead the kids to the right path.

As a law enforcement officer, it is rarely blacks I arrest. In fact, all the citations I have written today have been caucasion males. The media livens everything up. There is no color on crime, just the orange jumpsuit you wear in jail.

I don't know what the crime percentages are by race. But some black communities are having problems because of decades of repression and bigotry towards black. And instead of putting our money and resources into inner city American neighborhoods, which would benefit all of our country, we're giving it to, say, Lebanon -- a country that despite billions of US dollars over decades is never able to better itself.

Reparations to Native Americans has resulted in thousands of Native Americans a year graduating from college. That's better for all Americans.

I arrest more white people than black people. I think whites and blacks probably commit the same amount.

It is probably because of close-minded idiots like you who generalize an entire race together and fail to realize that race and an individual's actions are not related. However, because you are an uneducated moron, these truths are inconspicuous to you.

Your observation is anecdotal but has been researched extensively by sociologists.Looking for "cause and effect" based on race or any other common characteristic (i.e. why did Germany conduct the Holocaust) very complicated.
To ascribe certain recurring behavior to groups is a spurious endeavor at the present time.Hopefully science will someday reach a point were your question can be correctly postulated and then answered so as to help all groups (gender,race, religion,nationality)

According to sociologist point of view it is because they are the most poverty stricken causing them to commit more crimes. The truth is that the only reason that you see more minorities on tv is because they tend to commit violent crimes(armed robbery, aggravated assault, homicide). While educated white people launder lots of money from their businesses, take part in insider trading, etc. everyday but they aren't put on the news or tv because people would find that boring. People want to be entertained. That's why they put all the violent crimes on television so they could get better ratings while the less interesting white collar crimes continue to be overlooked. So what this means is that white people commit crimes too except the crimes white people commit are usually found boring by viewers so they don't give it media coverage.

I think the reason you think black people commit more crime is because the TV and the newspapers report on black crime much more often than any other race. This has been going on for decades,, before you were born even. To keep us all segregated, someone with an agenda, to keep everyone afraid of each other cuz god knows what we can all do if we started getting along and able to overthrow this system!! you are being mislead my friend.