Quote from CaptainObvious:
"Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man." -American Indian Proverb, Sioux
We can argue how they got where they're at, but at the end of the day you can't live in the environment they live in without becoming an animal.
Quote from Larson:
Most of the riots from civil rights days were in the North, and the ones today seem to be occurring there as well. I'll tell you why, it is partly due to the black Churches in the south, which still wield some influence. There are two things a normal black male respects, his mother and the black Church. That is not to say things won't happen in the south, also though. If the economy continues to slide, no place will be immune from this.
We can argue how they got where they're at, but at the end of the day you can't live in the environment they live in without becoming an animal.