Black community Quote by Jesse Lee Peterson

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

— Julianne Malveaux

“This “disorganized family life” in Black neighborhoods was caused by racial discrimination, poverty, cultural pathology, and the introduction of the matriarchal Black family during…

— Ibram X. Kendi

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

— Tony Evans

“Young Black males were twenty-one times more likely to be killed by police than their White counterparts between 2010 and 2012, according to federal…

— Ibram X. Kendi

I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has…

— Hill Harper

“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that is often…

— James Forman Jr

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.

— Leslie Morgan Steiner

“Black behavior—not the wrenching housing and economic discrimination—was blamed for these impoverished Black enclaves.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

In terms of addressing crime issues in the black community, the dominant political class has historically refused to endorse the full slate of reforms…

— James Forman, Jr

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who…

— Toni Morrison

Every community has crime and violence; it's a part of being human. This idea that black communities are more violent than others is just…

— Patrisse Cullors

“LAZY AND IRRESPONSIBLE This isn't a politically correct position to have, but I'm convinced that the lack of moral character in many black men…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson