The “13/50” argument is an overused and under-analyzed conservative talking point, one that unfortunately aids in perpetuating lies about the black community and in casting an unfounded presumption of guilt onto black people. The argument proposes that while black people make up only 13 percent of the population of the United States, we commit 50 percent of all known crime. Occasionally, the 50 percent statistic will vary, sometimes only referring to murder or more broadly to violent crime.
Nonetheless, because this argument lacks truly concrete evidence and consistently fails to examine the socio-economic conditions that contribute to crime in the black community––such as the nearly 20 percent of African Americans who are currently living in poverty (Creamer)––it will never hold any substantial relevance. The 50 percent statistic is most likely derived from the most recent edition of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics. This database states that African Americans are arrested for 51.2 percent of all murder and nonnegligent manslaughter (Table 43).
However, according to this same FBI source, when one includes the thousands of homicides in which the race of the perpetrator was listed as unknown, this number drops to 39.6 percent (Expanded Homicide Data Table 3) Furthermore, when referring to all known crime—again, according to this same source—black people account for just 26.6 percent of arrests made, this number being nowhere near 50 (Table 43). It is important to note, however, that this data only refers to arrests made, not convictions, and even then, the UCR itself admits that these statistics rely largely on voluntary reports from law enforcement.
This is significant because law enforcement agencies have consistently proven to be biased against people of color. For example, when the United States Justice Department conducted an investigation into policing in Ferguson, Missouri, they found “substantial evidence of racial bias among police and court staff” (Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department). The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports similar findings in their 2017 analysis of body camera footage from Oakland, California (Voigt). This suggests that the data reported by law enforcement could easily suffer from bias. Furthermore, poverty is among the leading causes of crime in the United States (Crime and Criminality), and lack of quality education is among the leading causes of poverty (Soken-Huberty). This proves to be important in discussion of the “13/50” argument...
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