Knife Crime.

They misunderstood what Eminem meant by "rap god"

They misunderstood what Eminem meant by "rap god"?

Eminem isn’t the kind of rapper that promotes gang violence

You misunderstood my dad joke.

The core problem is poverty, as deprivation has gotten worse thanks to austerity so has crime. Poverty breeds crime.

Poverty is just an excuse - there are many kids who grow up with far less than children have in this country and don't turn to crime. You have free healthcare, education, benefits etc and although they aren't always a perfect system poverty in this country is no way near the levels in other parts of the world. There are also many kids living in deprived areas of cities and most of them don't do crime and try to follow the right path.

Poverty is just an excuse - there are many kids who grow up with far less than children have in this country and don't turn to crime. You have free healthcare, education, benefits etc and although they aren't always a perfect system poverty in this country is no way near the levels in other parts of the world. There are also many kids living in deprived areas of cities and most of them don't do crime and try to follow the right path.

I don't like the argument that other people don't follow the same path even though they have a similar background, so that the true significant cause cannot be poverty.

Look at ionising radiation; some people will receive a small dose and develop cancer and some will receive a large dose and not develop anything. Do you conclude, in these cases, that ionising radiation isn't the significant cause of cancer?

The core problem is poverty, as deprivation has gotten worse thanks to austerity so has crime. Poverty breeds crime.

The core problems are habitual criminality and violent thuggery- not poverty.
Many violent criminals and drug dealing gangsters are rich.
There are many people with limited incomes and unenviable personal circumstances who choose not to indulge in criminal activity.
My father, his brother and best friend all grew up without parents in a very low income part of Manchester.
None of them have ever carried an illegal weapon, got a single criminal conviction or been involved with drug dealers/gangsters.

So why is crime always higher in lower income areas?

So i've recently found out so many interesting things that change my prospective on life. Let me give a backdrop first. I'm from London, South to be exact, and I've witnessed many horrors on these roads. From broad daylight stabbings, to shootings at night. Knife crime doesn't seem to be stopping and it honestly breaks my heart to see and hear about another young man or woman being knifed. The majortiy of these victims fall from around the age gap between 14-24, and it mostly consists of black men. The media calls it 'black on black killing'. As a black person, it makes me angry to see these young black people killing each other when we should be in unity. Dave, a music artist from South London, says in his song 'Black' , "It's workin' twice as hard as the people you know you're better than, Cause you need to do double what they do so you can level them". He's quite literally saying Black people work twice as harder to prove that they are better and to level, you need to double your workload. Growing up, my mother always said to me that you need to work twice or even three times as hard as everyone simply because you’re black. This is because in modern society blacks are still discriminated against in some jobs and various positions, but if you get better results and on paper, you’re the best option – who are they to discriminate? Seeing many black people drop out from school, or not reach their full potential because they are drawn to this lifestyle of gangs and money and fame and not knowing the outcomes, is a truly sad sight. It's always argued if Drill music contributes to stabbings and it 100% does. Think about it like this. Drill music is music where an artist spits over a beat that is trap influenced. Drill lyrics typically reflect life on the streets, and tend to be gritty, violent, realistic and nihilistic. People talk on the things they have seen and been through, the struggles of their daily lives. You've got 2 sides to this music though. Those who are actually about it, who have been through it all, and those who just talk on it and have never been apart of anything they are rapping about. So why do it then? Simply because they want to be seen as 'cool'. And if you are rapping about this lifestyle you don't even live, then you feel the pressure to carry out these acts you are rapping about, and so now you've got a lovely young man who, by the way, has never had it hard, carry out stabbings. And so the cycle continues. So you see, Drill music influences stabbings and shootings. Personally, I don't think Knife crime will stop. It's only going to get a whole lot worse if it does gets better. The only thing we can do is keeping our loved ones safe.

So why is crime always higher in lower income areas?

Are u an anarchist? 🤔 (not saying that as a bad thing, just asking lol)