Black-on-black crime statistics in some cities are staggering, and many prominent black voices just don't talk about them. Worse yet, they offer no real solutions to address the problems. Prominent white voices tread lightly talking about black-on-black crime for concern of being accused of stirring racial tensions, or being labeled a racist.
Few people talk about white-on-white crime. I'm not talking about violent physical offenses that law enforcement officials try to prevent and minimize. I'm talking about self-appointed speech police media types who ignorantly attack another white person and label him or her racist, simply because the self-appointed speech police does not like what someone said or the way they said it.
Case in point, USA Today sports writer Bob Nightengale's attack on professional baseball player Steve Clevenger. It went something like this: