Actually, the article is missing the big picture. The big picture is that the Democratic Party has destroyed inner city jobs, destroyed the education system of most large cities, and the Democratic party has made people of color dependent on government in a way that has robbed their initiative and self respect.
In such a situation where the unemployment rate for youth of color is tremendous and there are few honest father figures, young boys of color turn to the closest thing that resembles employment and “family.” Unfortunately that is drug dealing and gangs. That is why a disproportionate number of people of color are in jail. It is politics and economics.
That's because their views of minorities haven't changed in 200 years. Not one whit. They regard minorities, especially blacks, as their property, to do with as they see fit.
They never liked minorities. That's why the bulk of abortion clinics are in minority neighborhoods. It's why they encourage blacks to speak "Ebonics" and Latinos to keep speaking Spanish instead of English. It's why they created labor unions -- to keep black folks from getting jobs. It's why they are so vehemently opposed to school choice. It's why they are so opposed to effective crime fighting in minority neighborhoods. it's why they keep building substandard housing to house primarily minorities. It's why Woodrow Wilson is one of their biggest heroes.
The left needs a permanent and ever-expanding underclass to be dependent on them so they can stay in power -- and that is the ONLY thing any of them care about. The ONLY thing.