By: Roy Douglas Malonson
For years, America has been fed the same phrase over and over again: “Black-on-Black crime.” It shows up in campaign speeches, on cable news, and in online debates. It has been used as a weapon, a talking point, and a way to pin blame. But here’s the truth nobody seems eager to repeat—crime is most often intraracial. People usually harm the people they live near, work with, and grow up around. That means white victims are overwhelmingly harmed by white offenders. In other words, White-on-White crime is real, it’s documented, and it’s happening every single day.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has tracked this for decades. Their data shows that most violent crimes involve victims and offenders of the same race. It isn’t some hidden secret— it’s simple proximity.