"I am not sure that is a uniquely black problem..."
Agree - the rappers have gotten to a lot of white kids - stupid is cool.
Stupid is not only cool, it must be liberating for those that decide they don't have the brains or the stones to hack it in life.
Decide to give up and be a gubmint supported flunky and no one will ever expect anything out of you. That way you'll never fail to deliver either.
Sell some drugs to suppliment Uncle Sams handout and you be havin it made. Fo shizzle.