Blacks and California

African-Americans are 5.9% of California’s population, but are responsible for 23.8% of homicides, 21.8% of rapes, 38% of robberies, 20% of aggravated assaults, 21.8% of burglaries, 21.5% of thefts, 19.7% of motor vehicle thefts, 22.3% of forgeries, 22.1% of kidnappings and 17.5% of sex offenses.