I acknowledge all of those problems in those cities.  I had black friends from NYC even back in 1976 who had more than one friend murdered on the street.

And you are completely wrong that these problems go unrecognized.    These problems have been shouted from every single city.  I assume you are sincere about ending that violence.     Your choice not to read about the problem from the black perspective is your choice Motley, it's not for lack of information.

I googled Violence in Chicago and got this:  "out 138,000,000 results (0.62 seconds) "

Let me know when you're near the end of the 138th MILLIONTH article.

The only 'current reality' is that white people aren't paying attention, which leads me to believe, they just don't care as much as they claim (that includes white liberals by the way).