Maybe. Maybe those who suggest a relation between race and crime are in fact blaming a culture instead of colour itself. Still, it's outrageous nonetheless. There are no logical arguments backing up a direct relation between crime and a specific culture. Anthropology is not that simple.
The suggested link between crime and a specific "culture", like you said, in my opinion, comes from the fact that criminality levels are obviously higher in poor communities, which are, for historical reasons, formed in its majority by ethnicities other than caucasian. Honestly, I don't think blaming certain people - be it for their colour or their culture - is part of an adequate solution for the violence problem.
I don't know if the suggested relations between crime and ethnicity are talking about colour itself or culture. Still, it seems to me like prejudice disguised as political speech anyway.
But hell, I think I'll always see you to my right as you'll always see me to your left, and this discussion is probably as endless as the good and old "who's the best fighter in the history of the sport". Hahah.
