“Black-on-Black Crime”–a Biased Oddity

As a word person, I usually spot language oddities that have underlying bias that often goes unnoticed.  Here’s one that I’ve missed, although I don’t understand why.  I feel foolish for having let it slide by my radar.

It’s when the media talks about “black-on-black” crime.  It’s never “white-on-white” crime.  So why mention “black-on-black”?

Daily Kos says it better than I can.  Read their short article.  It has some interesting figures on inter-rational vs. same-race crimes–like how likely you are to be murdered this year by a black or white person.

The Kos article is a quick read and makes an excellent point.

 

 

 

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