[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Swan

I'd never heard of this woman, it's amazing how she survived a gunshot to the head, though it's not unheard of. I wonder the calibre of the weapon?!

As far as 'black on black' crime technically it's true, just the same as white on white crime, but the bigger picture really is 'crime is crime' I wouldn't personally focus on race i would (and have done many times before) focus on class and social standing.

Class privilege is very real, always has been yet nothing much is really said. We kind of just accept it, like it's a part of our culture. Example - A girl i kinda of knew through other people, as thick as two planks, managed to worm her way into Uni through an appeal after previously getting rejected. Daddy, a Headmaster at a Grammar School pulled a few strings, and of course she ended up getting in. She also decided she wanted to become an actress, Mummy who works in the City (London) for a firm that has connections to a Talent Agency manged to get this completely untalented person into minor roles on BBC TV Shows, like Crimewatch reenactments for example....Im ranting now but class plays a huge part. Do you think a working class person living in a council flat in London, no matter what race, would get those kind of breaks in life?! Of course not! They would probably have to work twice as hard and be awarded with half as much.

All the above can make a person living in poverty feel hopeless, so what happens when society rejects them merely because they're seen a lesser person? They turn to crime, they turn to gangs. Poverty and class structure builds hopelessness, and in turn hopelessness breads criminality.

Equal opportunity is non-existent, it's all about who you know, and where you're from. We're far from the only country guilty of this, but it doesn't make it anymore acceptable imo. Equal opportunity should be afforded to all, no matter class, unfortunately it never has and probably never will. This applies to all races.

Nail on head.