Good to see you're visiting "the colonies" dude. If you find your way down to Texas, lemmekno, I'd love to show ya some of my end of the world while you're here ;>

My guess is your meet n greet didn encompass any of the shit hole end of the spectrum where blacks are predominantly the ones so well versed in making the headlines, nor did you likely find yourself among the run of the mill white folks either.

Perspective has a lot to do with anyones perceptions, which is only natural.

As for stats being manipulated, that's a hard sell when a societal segment bordering on 14% accrues a staggering 60+% of violent crimes and 37% of all abortions performed. If you'd care to address how those stats are manipulative .... I'm all ears