The Black Conversation

The purpose of this blog is to give an in-depth analysis of problems facing young black men in the UK. It seems not a weekend passes without some tragic news of the murder of yet another young person by a knife or gun, devastating families and communities, and If it's in London, the majority of cases are of young black boys killing other young black boys. Some commentators have argued that the issue of black people and crime in the UK is hidden away or downplayed and that the fear of accusations of racism contributes to this. In 2003 Lee Jasper, a race advisor to the then London mayor,   Ken Livingstone  said drugs and gun crime were the "biggest threat to the black community since the beginnings of mass immigration. Some argue this is still true today with gangs and knife crime rampant in the black community.  Before going into the data let us look at the demographics of Black British Citizens to provide some context to the crime statistics versus the black population. In 201