Elon Musk Underneath Fireplace Over Response To “Insanely Racist” Tweet About Black Murder Charges

Elon Musk is dealing with backlash after amplifying a tweet with a false declare about Black murder charges.  

On Monday (June 18), Musk shared a attribute response to a put up claiming there was a major improve within the variety of Black folks killing white folks in America within the many years because the Fifties.  

“It’s true that issues have modified because the Fifties,” a person with the deal with eyeslasho shared. “Fifties: Blacks killed about 600 extra whites annually than whites killed blacks. Now: Blacks kill almost 1,500 extra whites annually than whites kill blacks.” 

Elon Musk expressed his amazement on the put up, replying with “!” and highlighting the tweet to his 197 million followers on the platform. 

His response attracted backlash from offended customers, livid he would amplify such a put up. “That is so insanely racist,” one particular person wrote.  

“Look what that is in response to,” a 3rd particular person mentioned, quoting Elon’s put up. “If Hitler had a twitter Elon can be underneath each tweet saying ‘wow very fascinating.’” 

Elon Musk didn’t make clear the figures, evaluate any sources, take into account any potential nuance or carry out another due diligence earlier than responding. Alleged disparities in murder charges between races are sometimes used and misconstrued by racists to advertise the bigoted concept that Black persons are violent by nature.  

The tweet Elon Musk responded to reportedly drew from knowledge that don’t embrace details about the race of the perpetrator of a murder, solely of the sufferer. FBI figures posted on the Bureau of Justice Statistics paint a distinct image. 

Figures present most homicides are intraracial, dedicated by offenders of the identical race as victims. In 2022, FBI knowledge confirmed that 87 p.c of White or Black murder victims killed by a White or Black particular person have been killed by somebody of their very own race. Moreover, the put up didn’t account for dramatic adjustments in inhabitants because the Fifties.