Why is there this false dichotomy? I can fully understand the plight of Black America. I know, the racism, past and present, institutional and societal. But fully understanding that, I can also say that the #1 thing holding down black people today is the violent, destructive, nihilistic culture of the urban ghetto. That is one they are going to have to take on if they really care about black lives.
Tied with #1 IMHO is the rate of babies being born to teenage mothers with no fathers, nor father figures around to guide and to teach, and to lead. Just one generation after another birthing more and more babies with no stable family life whatsoever, and living on more and more welfare. I read now that it’s over 70 percent of black babies born to unwed mothers. There’s now an epidemic of 30-40 year old grandmothers raising their children’s offspring. Seriously, how far can this go? When they become teens, they have absolutely nothing to build hope upon, nothing to aspire to except the vicious, ugly cycle of government dependency and blaming it all on whitey.