Why is it different for Blacks? Don't ideas matter? Doesn't self respect and responsibility for Family count anymore? Why do people celebrate victim-hood, rather than reject it? When did this become the norm in our society?
It's a problem of perception. What you don't see, and what the media won't show you, is that a very large percentage of blacks feel exactly as you do, and have learned the same lessons from their parents as you did.
The media seems to delight in only showcasing the worst of the black community. It's politically incorrect to show blacks who are intelligent, speak well, are patriotic, do not have a chip on their shoulder, are not hung up on their race, are successful, professional, affluent, well-adjusted, conservative, etc, etc, etc.
The reason for that, of course, is because the media is complicit with the left in promoting stereotyped images of blacks as being downtrodden, disenfranchised, and victimized.
Promoting this stereotype re-inforces agreement, and contributes to keeping blacks herded into the liberal voting and dependency plantation.
Blacks are just as much in slavery today, as they were before the Civil War. They just don't see it. They are the liberal left's single most important key to maintaining their power in this country.
Without the monolithic vote of American blacks, liberals would lose all influence in politics and government because they would not have the numbers to sustain it.
There wouldn't BE an American left without blacks, and liberals intend to keep it that way, by keeping blacks in their reduced condition for as long as it takes.
It seems that a plague of Liberalism has permeated all levels of our society.