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 big enhance within the variety of Black folks killing white folks in America within the a long time for the reason that Fifties.
“It’s true that issues have modified for the reason that Fifties,” a consumer with the deal with eyeslasho shared. “Fifties: Blacks killed about 600 extra whites every year than whites killed blacks. Now: Blacks kill almost 1,500 extra whites every year 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.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 18, 2024
His response attracted backlash from indignant customers, livid he would amplify such a put up. “That is so insanely racist,” one particular person wrote.
That is so insanely racist pic.twitter.com/2LvQZi9t9x
— evan loves worf (@esjesjesj) June 18, 2024
This sort of stuff is why I’m buying and selling in my Tesla smh. Elon has went full racist. https://t.co/UOCYGcs8Sj
— Diggz (@Diggz206) June 19, 2024
“Look what that is in response to,” a 3rd particular person mentioned, quoting Elon’s put up. “If Hitler had a twitter Elon could be below each tweet saying ‘wow very attention-grabbing.’”
Look what that is in response to….
If Hitler had a twitter Elon could be below each tweet saying “wow very attention-grabbing” https://t.co/FxG2lzqeSo
— Cross(wurdz) (@Pass510) June 18, 2024
Elon Musk did not make clear the figures, assessment any sources, contemplate any potential nuance or carry out some other 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 individuals are violent by nature.
The tweet Elon Musk responded to reportedly drew from information that don’t embody 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 special image.
Figures present most homicides are intraracial, dedicated by offenders of the identical race as victims. In 2022, FBI information confirmed that 87 % 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 did not account for dramatic adjustments in inhabitants for the reason that Fifties.
