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美国黑人凶杀率为何如此之高？
美国黑人凶杀率约为白人的七倍，且这一差距已稳定维持五十年。作者调查发现，贫困和持枪率等常见解释都站不住脚——凶杀率整体呈周期性波动，但种族差距始终存在。真正的问题是：绝大多数暴力来自少数街区中的少数男性，多数居民只是生活在暴力之中。
The boy crisis nobody talks about
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How did El Salvador solve crime?
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How bad is global warming, really?
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Did Thomas Jefferson father slave children?
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Why The Polls Keep Getting It Wrong
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What Happened to the Media?
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The Slavery Myth Nobody Questions
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Why do critics hate Mother Teresa?
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Why Are Cities So Left-Wing?
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Why do successful people join Scientology?
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