Think about that for a moment. More than 500 murders in 2012, and approximately 150 so far this year. 75% of the victims are Black. And most of it is Black on Black violence. Gang violence. Drug related violence. Crimes of passion. Crimes of opportunity.
While Chicago may not have the highest murder rate in the nation, it has the highest gross number of murders.
Strangely the black community expresses neither outrage nor angst over the level of violence in Chicago, home to Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey.
Especially since so many of the victims are people of colour. But just try to talk about slavery from hundreds of years back and see the wild response.
Is the victim’s race less important than the race of the perp?
An extremely detailed analysis of murder in Chicago is available, but not a single black voice cares.