Real talk as a black man I am 264 times more likely to be killed by someone in my community who looks like me than I am by anyone with a badge. In this state I am 23% more likely to be arrested than graduate college by my 25th birthday. Growing up in Aurora I saw what I can only describe as a culture of learned helplessness. Seeing so many of those who I grew up with suffer from a lack of leadership and absent fathers has made me appreciate my Air Force Vet father even more. As to the presence of white racism and the collapse of the black family unit I can tell you first hand the collapse of the Black family has harmed the Black community 1000x worse. Growing up you probably never worried about what color your ballcap was. If I wore the wrong color on the wrong street I got jumped. Funny thing is now that I am grow and moved into a predominantly white neighborhood after college (Highlands Ranch) I dont worry about it anymore.