I don't know what the social make-up is where you are at, but the "thug life" is already openly well entrenched in the non-minority sector, has been for some time, and in Central Texas at that. I dread having to go near a shopping mall or Walmart, particularly on a weekend, due to having to wade through groups with the stupid clothes, hats, jewelry, tattoos and attitudes. People may say "oh, that's just youngsters expressing themselves through a fad" but there's more to it than that. There's nothing like seeing a man (and I use that term very loosely) well into his 30's in age dressed up like a clown, saying stuff like "wut up, daaaawg" while swaying around a store to make me fear for any peaceful future for this nation.
Amen. I live about 35 miles from New Orleans across the lake and the sort of behavior you describe is not yet in bloom. We just have a general culture that encourages dysfunctionality and learned helplessness and is strongly averse to internalizing responsibility. That is a product of two centuries of failed paternalistic and statist regimes. I truly shudder if the sort of thug life style the Not the Amish practice over in the Crescent City starts being mimiced here. There are a fair number of such paleface thug culture aficionados on the West Bank and I can't say i enjoy going there. Find a used copy on Amazon of an old but interesting true crime book entitled ‘Blood Will Tell’ to get a good picture of what West Bank life without ever being reponsible is like.