You know, the black American culture today offers little to emulate. The culture of the Civil War now offers lessons of perseverance, endurance freedom fighting. The culture of the pre Civil Rights movement offers survival skills, family cohesion in the face of hatred; thrift, getting a good education.
I certainly agree -- but I'm stunned that so much fashion, TV, music, and film culture seems to be trying to emulate the gangers from the hood. We have white kids in nice towns trying to look and act like they grew up in the ghetto. What's up with that? Who wants to go through life like a n-----? Apparently, a lot of folks.