
Originally Posted by
Raffishragabash
1) ... primary reason for violence and dysfunction in the black community?
Racism.
And that is every since Thaddeus Stevens was shut down for trying to give freed slaves' families "40 acres and a mule". Yes of the same lands which those cotton-picking slaves did morph into, leader, of the Free World. America set a foundation back then.
So I will again refer to my fav GOP Republican and White Supremacist Ann Coulter, who also admitted it.
America created a foundation back then of disparate racism and Inequality, which fuel the self-genocide and destruction you allude to. Yes and today it compels us to deceitfully blame the Black Race for their own deteriorating existence, in order for the other 88% of Americans to sleep peacefully at night ---in hopes that racism's ghosts don't come shake any beds.
3) What is racism?
It is wherever some of human's unique physical or obvious race-based traits, are used to unfairly control any democratic or republic sovereignty.
Who are the racists?
Those unethical and immoral people who control the society's scarce resources and opportunities, by which they do unfairly access those elements as according to racial characteristics which they favor.
5) Finally, what is governments role in all of this? Are they promoting equality, true equality or are they pandering and/or playing the game?
The GOVT agencies are the biggest racists. They are pandering and playing the game, as we saw in how Obama/Holder DOJ investigated 200+ cops for civil rights violations from 2009-'16. Guess how many they charged with crimes?