This amalgam of negative traits I refer to as "black culture" is divisive, racist, insidious, and corrosive. It is racist, misogynist, and violent in all aspects.
This is an important distinction: I do not in any way believe blacks are any more dangerous than whites UNLESS they are immersed in "black culture". If they are, they are every bit as dangerous as those statistics indicate.
I do not in any way believe all blacks buy into this "black culture", so I do not refer globally to all American blacks as devotees of "black culture". But the black community at large which contains both good and bad elements is maligned by the bad elements, in much the same way that the Islamic community suffers in respect, with a key difference: Blacks are born as they are, while being muslim is a choice.
As a consequence of that distinction, I would never be able to deny a black person the right, by default, to be treated as an individual worthy of individual assessment apart from any group, entity, or prism of race or color. I cannot say the same for devotees of Islam, as it is a conscious choice, and I must view them through that prism of their beliefs which at the core run counter to my own.
Therefore I do believe it is possible for blacks and whites to be unified as Americans, but only with difficulty or even not at all while the current crop of race hustlers such as Obama, Jackson, Holder, Wright, et al are viewed as spokesmen for the black community.
I agree the “ghetto” (urban) culture is the root of the problem, not their skin color (as evidenced by the fast assimilation of many Africans in the US). Some escape its clutches, but far too few.
True, choosing Islam (at least in the US) is a choice; to me, it reeks of a feeble attempt to reject a “white” religion (despite the millions of non-white adherents). I personally would be very creeped out if a family member converted to Islam (after my Christian upbringing); I would definitely keep them at arms length.