Ahh. Thank you ambassador Rodman.
I am old enough to have grown up when Civil Rights was just gaining steam, and have watched the 180-degree turn that is giving me whiplash. In the 50s-60s, African-American leaders stressed the common humanity of whites and blacks, and motivated blacks tried to become skilled or educated in order to join the American mainstream. Persons of color who behaved with dignity were actually referred to as being "a credit to his (her) race." Shelby Steele wrote about his black father as someone who, as a responsible working class dad, sought to be a good "race man." Most black Americans went to church, as did most white Americans. African-American culture heroes were people like George Washington Carver, W.E.B duBois, Frederick Douglass and others who stressed education and self-reliance.
Fast forward 50-60 years, and the filthy language, the gross sexual displays, the overwhelming rate of illegitimacy, and entitled attitudes of the black underclass must have their great-grandparents spinning in their graves and the black middle class wringing their hands. Black friends of mine who are my age are often in deep despair over their grandkids.
In its effort not to make blacks feel excluded, virtually any and all behavior that offends is thought of as "authentically black" when it is done by today's culture heroes, like rappers, sports millionaires and media personalities.