The Mayor is correct. You know, maybe if the black community would take on some responsibility for the actions of the delinquents, would work for a living instead of looking for a handout from the government, would stop making their women pregnant and leave them holding the bag, would stop having sex before graduation junior high, and needing a handout...
well, maybe then people would recognize they are just like the rest of us.
The problem with asking ‘Black men’ to fix the problem is that the ‘inner city’ culture may seem dominated by the male hoods but ultimately young men respond to the incentives provided by their women. If women will not control themselves and, in fact, select OUT good, decent men in favor of thugs, then more men will act out in a manner conducive to securing female companionship. Also, we are dealing with a sub-culture that is matriarchal in fact but still responds very well to strong patriarchal authority.
The removal of the safety net would probably prompt a more rapid response than any of the continuing and often failed attempts by groups of noble black men to solve the problem. It’s up to women to be proper gatekeepers to sex and the only way I think that’s really going to happen is by removing the safety net (though it is not the only way that will change)