The Maelstrom of Violence

[Kinser79]

(09-08-2017, 05:07 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(09-08-2017, 12:54 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Not quite correct.  Drug use patterns among whites and blacks are quite different.  I'm not proud of saying this but I've used drugs (principly marijuana but some other things too) with both blacks and whites.  It is far more likely for blacks to smoke their blunts on the street corner stinking the place up with marijuana smoke smell and attracting the attention of the police, meanwhile whites will do the same exact thing at their house and not attract the attention of the police.  Often where something is done is more important than what is done.

So why the difference?  Do the blacks not know that they'd be safer smoking inside their houses?  Or do they refuse to do it because they don't want to give in to the system or something?

Is this related to why blacks seem more willing to double park and do other minor parking violations that interfere with traffic but are rarely ticketed, or is that a different issue?

I don't have any really good answers for why these patterns of behavior exist.  In part there could be some degree of extenuating environmental factors--for example Mama don't want that stinky thing in the house.  But the far more likely answer is just plain stupidity.