Why do people say that it's mostly African American who steal often?

Anonymous

That's a generalization based on statistics. While the US black population typically commits crimes at a much higher rate than their percentage of the population, there are specifically two crimes that blacks commit more based on both percentages and actual number of offenses: robbery and gambling offenses. See FBI Uniform Crime Reports for data.

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Statistics.

daljack -a girl

Mostly because those people are racists and don't have a clue. Those are the same people who think it's mostly African Americans who get financial aid. Those people need to read a book.

Benjamin

It is a stereotype

Anonymous

Because they are more likely to