Here's a big surprise... Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, named a hate group in November 2010 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, has tweeted what is at its core is an incredibly racist statement.
"If blacks commit the most murders, that's not racism, it's justice." I do not believe that blacks commit the most murders, but I do believe that they're convicted of more murders than any other racially defined group. According to the 2010 US Census, whites make up 72% of the population; and blacks, while being the largest minority, comprise only 13% of the population. That's a significant difference. To state that one race, while only representing 1 in 10 people in a room, is more likely to commit murder strongly implies that theirs is the more violent race; and that assertion is racism.
I'm sure studies exist, studies that Mr. Fischer and those like him refuse to accept as legitimate, showing prejudice and economic disadvantage as key factors leading to blacks being convicted of a catalog of crimes far more frequently than whites.
Despite the election of Barack Obama to the White House, race is still an issue in this country. In fact, I think his election finally put a brighter light on the elephant in the room, but that's a topic for another post. I'll close with this thought - if Mr. Fischer were black, I'm sure he'd have a very different point of view on the entire matter.
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