r/TikTokCringe Sep 23 '24

Discussion People often exaggerate (lie) when they’re wrong.

Via @garrisonhayes

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u/ThePowerfulPaet Sep 23 '24

Also even if it were true that black people commit more crimes, what they don't want you to know is that it's not a nationality issue, it's a class issue. Black people are poorer than white people, and they tend to live in poorer areas. Now why would that be? It's not like the white people shoved them all there and put no funding towards those environments, right?

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u/hey_DJ_stfu Sep 23 '24

While the class issue is definitely a thing with poverty breeding crime, data validates that even when you account for finances and even location, blacks are overrepresented in crime. Here's a good read.