Black men in America have problems with self-control, self-respect, the ability to interact properly in society. I want to believe that morons like this are in a tiny minority. I cannot in good conscience agree.

My local paper is full of violent crime stories accompanied by pictures of black men young to old

My national new media sites, all of them, are full of black men behaving badly, to the point of guns and gunfire being used practically in every instance.

I see this crappy behavior in my classrooms. I see it on the local news media, and national. I have observed it consistently and continually happening in my 65 years of passing through.

I do not understand. 

Blacks argue that they are only a couple generations removed from slavery, lynchings, de-humanizing treatment, banned from facilities, voting booth, yet allowed to die in our wars. They argue it takes time to establish family values. 

How long must we all wait? There aren't going to be any black men around to establish these values. Our prisons overflow with black men. Our courts overflow with cases involving black men. 

Anyone out there have any suggestions?

 Or is this all just me?