It really is a long topic but I mean, how many blacks in America can even trace their family history back to Africa? So much of that information has been lost and would be really difficult, if not impossible, to track down. So I don't fault blacks in America for not pretending to know a ton about their ancestry when it doesn't matter a lot of them here in America. It sucks, but I can't really blame them for it. In some ways, I think people take way too much pride in their ancestry, regardless of race, but that's a long topic in itself that probably would be best served in the GOM forum.
I'm not surprised if that area is worse. I mean, you had a trailer park, a handful of hotels/motels, around there and a grip of apartments. That's almost always a recipe for disaster. But I never heard gunshots and I used to walk to that poker spot or Roberto's after midnight all the time and never really saw people outside unless it was right there at the Manhattan club.