Sorry I kind of had to take a couple of days away from politics.

I mean we're going round in circles. You tell me to read the data. I already said I don't trust the data. But you're right to point out I can't really trust anything, including what I read that helps form my opinions.

I believe blacks are more likely to use a gun because they are, on average, poorer, and thus more likely to turn to crime, especially if they live in an area already rife with crime. The reasons I think blacks are more likely to use a gun are cultural, not racial. It's not that I think black people are, on average, more dangerous, it's that I think poor people are, on average, more dangerous.

I don't need to find data. It's a waste of time. We both surely agree black people are poorer. Do you think crime and poverty are related? It's a logical conclusion to draw, without it being racist.

And if we can agree that black people are more likely to use a gun, then can we understand the increased sense of caution a white cop might have when entering the hood to deal with an incident?

We do agree on one thing. It's the system that is to blame. The system is what's racist. It intentionally keeps black people poor. But it has been for a very long time, through Rep and Dem administrations. Even a black president couldn't fix the system. Any concessions given by the state will be superficial, we both know it. True change is tearing the system down, but to do that black and white people need to be united, because if they're not, then what replaces the fallen system is a lot worse than what we had.

White guilt is not the way to bring about unity.