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I don't think Fisto is arguing that blacks are genetically predisposed to crime.
This is a very complex question. Consider what it means to ask whether white people are genetically predisposed to have blond hair. It's true they are, but hair can be dyed blond and most whites have brown hair.
Imagine a hypothetical scenario with two self-identified races: blue people and green people. Blue people have a genetic disposition that gives them a 10% likelihood of turning criminal in a bad environment. Green people have among them a 10% subset with genes that always make them criminal, regardless of environment. Remaining green people have no criminal likelihood at all.
Which population is "genetically predisposed" to crime?
You could say they're equally predisposed to criminality because on average in a neutral environment, the numbers even out. But they aren't equal. If you were developing policies to reduce crime, different approaches would be more effective. Remove criminals from the green population. Modify environments to discourage crime in the blue population.