I’m not saying anything is absolute, but there is a preponderance of need for pursuing self esteem in the black community, and much of it does not help them. Gang bangers have too much self esteem. Trayvon had too much Voting for the “First Black President” or A drugged out Jesse Jackson Jr or Marion Barry does not help them improve their own lives, but it has been sold to blacks as a “sign” or as validation. Until Clarence Thomas and Thomas Sowell are revered and respected, and I’ll say it, as much socialist MLK, and by a measurable percentage, black culture is at a loss.
Skip the racial epithets and race baiting.
What you're seeing are merely the surface symptoms of a much more powerful group pathology, which is the multi-generational effects of outright oppression and the wholesale manipulation and indoctrination of black people by the Democrat left.
Perhaps I see the connections and track of all this more clearly than others because it's a part of my own family history. It's rather personal, and has touched me directly in my own life.
In essence, blacks (in general) are a destroyed sub-group of American culture. It's just a fact, and it's why I'm raising my own children outside the direct influence of that environment. There's a certain contagion of aberration that I refuse to allow them to become the effect of. Like any parent, I want to give them the best possible chance for success in life, and that starts with raising them as a part of the majority American culture.
Anyhow, it's a huge subject. One that's difficult to fully address within the confines of a discussion forum like this. Perhaps one day I'll just roll up my sleeves and write the book.