These numbers (snip) go a long way toward explaining why we talk about black-on-black crime a lot more than we talk about white-on-white crime, even though most crime for both groups is intraracial."Intraracial" means between members of the same race or group. The Urban Institute has traditionally concerned itself with the plight of the urban black poor; it must be very concerned by the study's findings.
As an example, from the table referenced above, in the most populous state California, the gunshot injury rate for young white males is 40.3 (per 100,000). The rates for young Hispanic males (173.3) and young black males (683.2) in CA are between four and 17 times greater. Shootings among young black males are also disproportional (much higher) in the other five states surveyed: AZ, MD, NJ, NC, and WI.
