Is There A Racist Agenda To Put Attention On Black Men For Sex Crimes: Rape Statistics

In wake of the allegations against R. Kelly there were a number of black people who just didn't want to say bad things about R. Kelly.  One popular thing to do was to divert attention away from R. Kelly and to some white men who been accused of sex crimes.

I'm not completely against diverting as a argument, but it depends on what point are you trying to make.  If that point is that white men are getting away with these things, and the media wants to put the attention on black men, then I don't believe that is a good point.  Still numbers are important.  What are the statistics

Let's look at some rape arrest for the past five years of full FBI crime data (2013-2017).  It's worth noting according to how the FBI counts race, in which many Hispanics are counted as white, there are about 6 times as many white people in the country as black people.  So if rape arrests happened at an even rate there should be 6 times as many arrests for whites as there are for blacks

Rape Arrest  2013-17

Year       Black      White
2013       4,229        8,946
2014       4,888       10,977
2015       4,907       11,809
2016       5,412       12,571
2017       5,182       12,187
Totals     24,618     56,490

So there were 2.29 times as many arrests of white people for rape as there were for black people.  Adjusting for population, a black person is more likely to be arrested for rape than a white person.  Over these five years totals arrests for rape add up 83,880.  That means that black people who make up 13% of the population accounted for 29.3% of rape arrests, and whites who make up 77% of the country accounted for 67.3% of rape arrests.  So while black people are overrepresented, white people are underrepresented.  Now when it comes to people that get away with rape, it's tough to assume.  Some would think that white people get away with it more, but you can make an argument it's the other way around, because black people are less likely to call the police.  Whatever the case, the numbers don't back up the idea that this is a white problem.  So next time I see, or hear some black supremacist talking about all the white racists, I will know that the total numbers show that rape is more of a problem among black people.  Based on numbers they aren't putting a black face on a white problem.

Tariq Nasheed has started this ThemFirst thing. The main purpose of it seems to be when a black celebrity, especially one he likes, is facing serious charges, just divert by talking about some white people who may or may not have done similar.  Nasheed is a major racist, and just wants to throw white people under the bus, but what he's doing isn't uncommon among blacks people.  T.I. mentioned Elvis Presley, and Hugh Hefner, even though I don't know of sexual crimes that they were charged for.  Harvey Weinstein has been a popular name.  The main feeling they have is that black celebrities are being targeted, which is just not true.  There have been plenty shows, and documentaries talking about foul shit done by white people, whether it's sexual or not.  Tariq must not be paying much attention to those.  Before there was Surviving R. Kelly, there was Scientology and The Aftermath.  While it hasn't been about sexual offenses, the show just finished it's third season going after the Church of Scientology, and destroying it's image.  The Church of Scientology has used plenty arguments to defend themselves, and tricks to get people to pay attention to it.  One thing they didn't do was throw black people under the bus by talking about black religious organizations, or leaders, that have done bad things.  Imagine if a famous person defending Scientology said that this was a part of an agenda to put the attention on white people, and then named several black people who they wanted to get similar attention.  That strategy wouldn't work.  Another thing about this.  When I was looking up Elvis, I found out about Chuck Berry getting locked up for crossing state lines with a 14 year for sexual purposes.  Even if this whole, put the attention on whitey, thing took off (it probably isn't going that far), it's simply going to lead to more attention being put on black people. That could bring up some things from way back, and have us looking things people did a long time ago with 2019 lenses.  While some people may be thinking of all the white men that they think did similar wrongs, another person might be thinking of men that did similar wrongs, and not specifically for men of one race.


https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-43
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-43
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-43
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-21
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/tables/table-43

For Michael Jackson's Legacy Things Are Going To Get Worse

The Leaving Neverland documentary has caused a lot commotion to say the least.  The documentary has mostly received negative reviews, from a general public that still loves Michael Jackson.  Wade Robson, and James Safechuck have received much backlash.  A popular opinion from Jackson fans is that they lied for the money, but seems to be a strange way to try to get some cash.  Even if they would've won and gotten millions from Jackson's estate (which they didn't), their reputations are in shambles.  Who knows what backlash they receive from Jackson's fans, but you have to think it's really bad.  With all the video they have of themselves hanging out with Michael Jackson there had to have been an easier way to cash in.  Robson, and Safechuck are not icons.  That is what Michael Jackson is, and it will be his image that will take the biggest hit over time.  I believe Michael Jackson molested some boys, but even for some who don't believe, or who aren't sure, it might be easier to just avoid the controversy.

We are already starting to see it.  His music has been removed from some streaming services.  An episode of the Simpsons from 1991 that features Jackson's voice, has been pulled.  For Michael Jackson's fans, things are going to get worse before they start to get better. I don't expect these accusations to just go by the wayside, and be forgotten about a few months later.  Now Michael Jackson is dead, so, you can't get justice on a dead man, but I want to compare Jackson's situation to others like Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and R. Kelly.  While the Cosby thing got big before the Metoo era, it follows a similar course.  When it rains it pours.  While there have been some instances of people being accused of one case of sexually inappropriate behavior, when we've had someone facing a number of accusation of sex crimes, it doesn't stop at a few here or there.  In the case of Cosby, comedian Hannibal Burress called Cosby a rapist in October of 2014.  Cosby already had allegations against him before that, but it was Barbara's Bowman's article from November 2014, that really inspired more women to come forward.  Before the end of November a number of other women had come forward with their own allegations against Cosby.  In fact a number of them came out within a week of Bowman's article.  The Weinstein thing started out with stories of sexual misconduct, and then went on to include charges of rape, as well as other charges of sexual misconduct.  Not long after Surviving R. Kelly, the singer was accused of sexually abusing four girls.  Then lawyer Michael Avenatti said he had a sex tape of R. Kelly with a 14 year old. Leaving Neverland is the type of powerful documentary that could inspire more people to come forward with claims against Jackson.  The attention around this document is going to lead to more details being exposed.

We'll have to see what happens.  What will happened the immediate future.  Will the negative news on Jackson calm down soon, or will this be the tip of the iceberg.