African Americans are statistically arrested at a slightly higher percentage than others. Is this because of a tendency towards violence or discrimination by police?
A little research on studies of testosterone in blacks suggest that free testosterone levels are higher in black males and the peak occurs at younger ages. Most of these studies were looking for a link into why prostrate cancer occurs more often in African Americans. The levels are statistically significant but not likely to increase the occurrences of cancer. Testosterone has been linked with violent behavior. Whether the behavior increases testosterone or testosterone increases the behavior does not appear to be firmly established.
Another possibility is life training. Blacks are taught from a young age that they are discriminated against and to hate police.
Also for life training some are taught that schools do not teach 'their' subjects so are unimportant. Education is the best way out of poverty.
Another possibility is economic disadvantage. In economically distressed neighborhoods, violence may appear to be needed to obtain sufficient food and shelter. Or is it the greedy wanting to posses as much as someone else that requires violence?
Blaming somebody or something else for outcomes you do not like, only builds trouble.
Isolated cases of actions that appear to be discrimination are bound to occur and we will always have the poor. Since everyone wants to appear superior there may actually be a few cases of police discrimination, but is it unlikely that widespread discrimination occurs?
Why don't we quit the supremacy, black and white, and treat people as individuals?
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