The Root Causes of Black on Black Crime

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In 1963, Daniel Patrick Moynihan released his study of the 23 or 25% rate of botherless homes in the African American community across the United States. And so she thinks that's one of the deeper root causes of black on black crime,. It's taboo to talk about that now, but it's real. You can predict how much violence you're going to have within a given community if you know the out of wedlock birth rates and how many kids between a certain age males without fathers in their home.

Shermer and Thornton discuss: aggression: passive, proactive, reactive, relational • moralistic punishment and the game theory analysis of the logic of violence • gun violence (homicide, suicide, accidents) • violence against women/children • male-on-male violence • alcohol, drugs, infidelity • race • self-control • training soldiers • male role models • Rodney King, Michael Brown, George Floyd • police violence • bullying • fatherless homes • rape and sexual violence • self-defense.

Matt Thornton has been teaching functional martial arts for more than thirty years and holds a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His organization, Straight Blast Gym, has more than seventy locations worldwide and has produced champion MMA fighters as well as world-class self-defense and law enforcement instructors. He lives with his wife Salome and their five children in Portland, Oregon. His new book is The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World.