Black Criminality in the United States
Black Ethnic Monolith in relation to Crime and Race
Black Ethnic Monolith is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: The disproportionality of so-called Negroid, or Black, criminality in North America is documented in numerous federal, state, and local data sources. Unfortunately, Negroid criminality is usually discussed as if persons of Negroid racial ancestry in North America constitute a “Black ethnic monolith,” which is blatantly incorrect. Thus, the studies of the causative or associative factors in Negroid criminality are at best suspect. This section reviews the assumptions underlying this concept and examines implications for the analysis of disproportionate criminality. Criminologist and social-cultural-political geographer Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie in 1989 challenged die concept of a “Black ethnic monolith” that equates the social reality of alleged Negroid racial identity with ethnic identity.
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Notes and References
- Entry about Black Ethnic Monolith in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime