Stop Snitching Research Paper

No one likes a tattle tell. Parents often scold children for such behavior and most people look at “snitching” in a negative light, that is – until they are the one’s directly affected by someone’s decision not to tell. “Don’t snitch”. A pretty simple concept, but in the black community, it is often taken to the absolute extreme. Never show up to the cookout on time, never slander Kendrick or Cole, and never ever, under any circumstances, talk to the police… Ever. Do blacks love crime? Are they all criminals using the stop snitching campaign as means to misdirect the people, as they carry out their secret plan to drag the world into coconut oil scented anarchy? Obviously not – but as a black man it is safer to be a murderer in your own neighborhood than a police informant. Why is that? Social critics often rest the

Officers were the enforcers of Jim Crow laws and throughout the last century, the face of African American oppression. However, the stop snitching campaign isn’t about cops and robbers. Simply put, it’s about us- against them.

The movement is a misguided attempt to protect the African-American lifestyle and community from outside interference. Imagine if the same amount of effort was exerted in productive fields such as education and buying from black owned businesses. Not to mention the amount of crimes that could be solved in black neighborhoods.

Law enforcement relies on tips to solve crimes. As of September 7, 2017, anonymous tips have helped Crime Stoppers U.S.A make over 700,000 arrests and solve over 1 million cases. The city of Petersburg is over 75% black and has over 4x the amount of violent crimes than the U.S. average. Snitching won’t solve all the African-American issues, but taking the negative energy directed at snitches and funneling it into more productive mediums, will almost certainly yield better results for the black