#WhiteLiesMatter: Debunking Right-Wing Racist Apologetics One Fact at a Time

The first installments in #WhiteLiesMatter, a hashtag series I intend to post regularly. The series will debunk, with links embedded, various right-wing racist claims about people of color.

Lie: Black teen pregnancy a growing crisis. Fact: Since 1970, fertility rate for black girls 15-17 down 81% http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014... … #WhiteLiesMatter

Posted by Tim Wise on Thursday, May 21, 2015

Lie: Nonmarital black birthrate skyrocketing. Fact: Births to single black women down 35% since ’70 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014... … #WhiteLiesMatter

Posted by Tim Wise on Thursday, May 21, 2015

Lie: Black Male murder rate exploding. No. Black male homicide rate now one-third below rate in 1950 and 60 percent below rate in 1970… http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014... … #WhiteLiesMatter

Posted by Tim Wise on Thursday, May 21, 2015

Lie: Black students are especially dangerous. Fact: White students are more likely than black students to carry weapons http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2014... … #WhiteLiesMatter

Posted by Tim Wise on Thursday, May 21, 2015