I've had some very good relationships with black people in my life, through sports, the military, college, and business.  Most of them have assimilated very well, and live a quality middle class life.  They stayed in school, got a job, improved their skills, and didn't have kids out of wedlock or commit crimes.  It's that simple.  It's not about race.  It's about character.

But the Democrats' welfare programs gave them the wrong incentives.  In 1965, the #1 cause of poverty in the black community was single moms, which stood at 17% of births at the time.  So, the Democrats decided to reward being a single mom, and now it stands at 73% of births in the black community.  The system also penalizes them of they get married, or if a kid under 25 gets a job, and they wonder why the unemployment rate in the black community is so high.  The only way a kid can help the family with more money is thru crime; a paycheck reduces mom's benefits!