Black Genocide

Wellington Boone says, “A disproportionate number of Black Americans are dead and dying, but why are they dying at their own hands? And why does the American culture remain silent?” Black Genocide chronicles the tragedies of Black history but also the triumph of their faith in overcoming circumstances because they knew God. It is a call to America to have compassion and repent for past wrongs against this wounded people group, then empower them for the future. United Nations definition of genocide (excerpt): In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. ” Sample of “deathstyle” statistics on Black America *In 1970, only 41.5% families were headed by a single parent and 58.5% of children lived with two parents. Today only 4 in 10 Black children have a father in the home (married or single father). Almost 7 of 10 Black babies are born to unwed mothers (69.5% single vs. whites 25.4%). Less than half of all Black adults are married (42% married vs. 61% whites in 2003). *Black women are 12.3 % of the females in the U.S. but have 35% of all abortions. An estimated 15 million Black babies have been aborted since 1973. *Blacks have 50% of new HIV/AIDS cases (2004). 41% of men living with HIV/AIDS are Black. 64% of women living with HIV/AIDS are Black. AIDS is the leading cause of death for black women between the ages of 25-34. *Almost 12% of Black men ages 25 to 29 are in prison or jail (vs. 1.7% whites). The rate of incarceration for Black males is 5 to 7 times greater than for White. *Gonorrhea rates among Black men were 24 times higher than among White men. *Black men ages 20 to 29 are 10 times more likely to develop kidney failure due to high blood pressure than White men in the same age group. *Only 13% of Black men have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. *13.3% of Blacks have diabetes. 90-95% of diabetes cases are Type 2 and can be prevented or reversed with diet and exercise. *Blacks are nearly 4 times more likely than Whites to develop kidney failure that requi