[ladyjane]

To be fair, about 70% of african-americans in the US are in the middle class (or better) and receive little in the way of public support.

That's not a statistic I have ever seen. Are you sure about that?

If, in fact, that is true, why don't they do something about the problems in their inner city communities?

[SatinDoll]

“...why don’t they do something about the problems in their inner city communities?”

Because they always fall for the Democratic Party line, and vote in Democrats.