As the Duke put it, being young and stupid is not the way to go through life.
The black community-at-large is committing cultural suicide by government dependency. For them, the future is forboding.
Most importantly (and the real driving force behind the protests in cities and on campuses), the PRESENT is grim. No education, job prospects, etc., combined with high levels of violence, broken families, and chemical dependency; if this is what they get with the first mulatto president what can they expect with anyone else?