Intraracial homicide among subordinates functions as slow-motion collective self-debilitation

Evidence

Furthermore, since homicide is overwhelmingly intraracial in nature (Rennison, 2001), this relatively high intraracial homicide rate, albeit no doubt driven by an array of structural factors (e.g., family structure, high unemployment rate, inadequate educational background, etc.), can be regarded as a form of slow-moving collective suicide, and a means by which young, Black males contribute to their own debilitation and subordination. — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 109

Categorization

• CANDY: The phrase ‘slow-moving collective suicide’ framed from SDT is a striking, quotable framing that reframes crime statistics.
• DEEPTHINKING: Interfaces directly with the reader’s question about whether intergroup harm flows from external construction or primordial identity — SDT says subordinates harm themselves behaviorally, complicating pure enemy-construction accounts.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 109
• XREF: connects to: Collective narcissism drives hierarchy-reinforcing action in perpetrator groups but hierarchy-challenging action in victim groups. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 129