![]() Yet while the country has been rightly outraged by the recent spate of police killings of Black Americans, the shocking amount of "everyday" violence that plagues African American communities receives far less attention, and has nearly disappeared as a target of public policy.Īs acclaimed criminologist Elliott Currie makes clear, this pervasive violence is a direct result of the continuing social and economic marginalization of many Black communities in America. Even Black women suffer violent death at a higher rate than white men, despite homicide's usual gender patterns. ![]() Violence takes more years of life from Black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined a young Black man in the United States has a fifteen times greater chance of dying from violence than his white counterpart. A devastating exploration of the extreme levels of violence afflicting Black communities, and a blueprint for addressing the crisis.Ībout 170,000 Black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. ![]()
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