Wow, really? It's "white media's" fault that black women (and men) act like idiots all the time? I'm sorry, but I have yet to see the connection between being strong and independent with these idiots on these videos.
They're called anger issues and no, it's not anyone's fault but enablers - your own, your parenting, friends and most importantly the culture that surrounds you, because it's the culture that brought up your parents that are bringing you up, and your friends that you hang out with are in the same cyclical soup as you. Which, in this case, there isn't a white person with any power to influence anyone for miles. And what you see on tv doesn't reflect a millionth of what you get in these videos or I see in DC. Maybe in shitty morally repugnant music run by and created by black people for black people.
"Black urban culture" was invented and passed through generations by black people. And that is by design, it's a counter to what white people were doing. It was a way to become individuals and not completely assimilate. To say otherwise is disrespectful to black americans of our the nation's history that tried to make things better and not worse. White media didn't make MLK, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown, who all preached pride, independence and strength in a positive light, and in a way so profoundly simple that anyone can use as inspiration. Black culture used to be more moral and loving than any other in america. They were the ones in the right and talked about rising above the shit, even when the world was tossing it in their face, not mucking around in it and certainly not creating their own, and double certainly never creating their own to their own kind. And that wasn't white media making that happen. So, to turn the finger because things have turned this pathetic is equally pathetic.
And if any of those or the many influential figures were alive today, well, first off they'd be embarrassed as hell. But, more importantly, what would they say? Would they start pointing fingers toward abstract nonsense like you?
And yes, 40 - 60+ years ago, black people were poor and did stupid things at times, probably at a higher rate than people better off. But the culture didn't turn on itself. The culture was a GOOD influence and it DID impact how people acted and for the most part, black people turned out to be the good guys. There was faith, hope and love still...and things did get better slowly and surely.
Urban culture made this mess what it is and only urban culture will get themselves out (or make it worse.) It's about as much of a cultural bubble that can exist these days. Clean up your own trash cause nobody put that trash there but the people living in the house. That goes for white trash, black trash, yellow trash and polka dotted trash. I don't give a shit if the media is white, black or rainbow or if the problem is black women, white men or chartreuse transvestites.