MOST HOMICIDES ARE GOING TO BE INTRARACIAL WITHIN RACIAL GROUPS, BUT BLACK INDIVIDUALS DISPROPORTIONATELY MAKE UP A LARGE SHARE OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS, ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT BLACK MEN HAVE HAD THE HIGHEST RATE OF HOMICIDES SINCE 1960. TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE HOMICIDE RATE FOR WHITE MALES HAS NEVER GONE ABOVE 8.4 PER 100,000 SINCE 1960, ACCORDING TO THE STUDY. SOURCE: THE GRIO.COM
