Cobb: White Cops or Black Cops

January 04, 2004

White Cops or Black Cops

Every once in a while I hear the odd comment, mostly at other blogs, about black on black crime and how blackfolks need to handle that problem as a priority. Most of the time it's some white bigot venting and fuming, but sometimes it's a black person with a similar problem.

I would suggest as a rhetorical device worthy of the Boohab that such a white person, in order to be consistent, must surely be in favor of hardball affirmative action. For if 'black on black crime' is a black issue that blacks must deal with, certainly white cops and chiefs of police are not the solution.
So next time you hear somebody running off at the mouth about 'black crime' being a 'black problem', make sure you remind them of all the white cops in the way of the solution.

BTW if the person is black, ignore them. They're only talking about their friends.

Posted by mbowen at January 4, 2004 09:28 PM

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I think you're missing the point, if I may address the issue as a white person without being considered a "white bigot." I don't know that I would use the phrase "black problem" to address the problem of black-on-black crime, but I would think it's an issue that black citizens, at least those who live in the neighborhoods where such crimes occures, would take seriously and want to address. I don't think saying that necessarily means that only black police officers can effectively provide the law enforcement component necessarily to fight black-on-black crime (or any other type of crime).

Posted by: Patterico at January 4, 2004 10:15 PM