In my opinion a lot of young black men have a lack of morals, more so than any other racial group. That's not to say ALL young black men do... but if you look at crime stats, they are over represented.
When I was at school, we had a great black teacher who was a real nice guy, with no agenda and a direct honesty that I didn't appreciate at the time, he took the black kids under his wing. There was a report that came out that 8/10 street robberies were committed by black men... he told me if 8/10 black men were doctors, the black community would be broadcasting it to anyone and everyone, but when it comes to crime, they don't discuss... it's like they bury their heads in the sand... which of course perpetuates the problem.
I've said it on this site before, a family member has had to move to Horsham from London, because their young son was getting in with a black gang. It's not only old white people that are concerned about crime in the black community, older black people are just as worried.
There's always crime at MOBOs or Notting Hill... you never get crime at a Bollywood award ceremony or other carnivals.
We need to have a open discussion about it... once we admit the problem, we stand more chance of solving it.
Personally, I think there's a lot of anti-intellectualism in the black community. I'm the only one from the "black" side of my family to go university, where as on my mum's side, they have all done further education apart from one, who joined the armed forces.

In my opinion a lot of young black men have a lack of morals, more so than any other racial group. That's not to say ALL young black men do... but if you look at crime stats, they are over represented.
When I was at school, we had a great black teacher who was a real nice guy, with no agenda and a direct honesty that I didn't appreciate at the time, he took the black kids under his wing. There was a report that came out that 8/10 street robberies were committed by black men... he told me if 8/10 black men were doctors, the black community would be broadcasting it to anyone and everyone, but when it comes to crime, they don't discuss... it's like they bury their heads in the sand... which of course perpetuates the problem.
I've said it on this site before, a family member has had to move to Horsham from London, because their young son was getting in with a black gang. It's not only old white people that are concerned about crime in the black community, older black people are just as worried.
There's always crime at MOBOs or Notting Hill... you never get crime at a Bollywood award ceremony or other carnivals.
We need to have a open discussion about it... once we admit the problem, we stand more chance of solving it.
Personally, I think there's a lot of anti-intellectualism in the black community. I'm the only one from the "black" side of my family to go university, where as on my mum's side, they have all done further education apart from one, who joined the armed forces.

In fairness murders and attempted murders aren't all that common at Reading festival...

however I would say that being intelligent has never been seen as a bad thing in the black community.

I would completely disagree with you there. Many older black people are very keen to seen young black people succeed and have jobs such as a doctor or lawyer. When I was a kid, going to university was not too common for too many black people, however it was always encouraged and looked upon as a good thin but perhaps just not essential. Both my parents are black and we never had a lot of money but when I a teenager, my Dad especially wanted me to go to university and pushed me to go to there. Observing my nieces and nephews and their black peers, higher education is very much encouraged and there are many young black people that are determined to go into higher education and succeed. My oldest nephew goes to a college in south London and although it has not had the best results and there are many kids that are involved in crime, there are many young black children who are determined to go to university and to work to the best of their ability. I don't deny the fact that many black kids are involved in crime, however there are a lot of schemes to try and stop this and to try and get them into higher education of some sort or at least to get them on the right track. There is a lot to try and help the young black community these days in terms of education, certainly more than in my day however I would say that being intelligent has never been seen as a bad thing in the black community.

Perhaps you have experienced jealousy rather than anti-intellectualism. I admit that black people who grew up on my estate but went on to be successful were mocked but rather because they were doing better than everyone else and perhaps had forgotten their 'roots' but not because their success and further education was frowned upon.

The stats don't back you up, but I'm glad the people in your family see the sense in a good education... hopefully they will be the role models for the next generation. Young black boys are under-achieving in education. I'm a tad older than you, and we had free education, my parents knew education was vitally important and encouraged me to achieve as much as poss... no-one on the black side of my family did this, their idea was finish school, get a job as a postman/bus driver and that's pretty much where their ambitions stopped ... my dad has always taught me to have a free mind... I don't like rap music, I detest ghetto culture, I think BLM are a disgrace... these views alienate me from a lot of my black family... I encourage my views to be challenged, and I can back them up with rational arguments based on evidence and logic... but they're not interested... they see it as me not towing the racial line... like i'm a traitor.
I genuinely believe the biggest problem facing the black community is the black community.
My cousin says the reason black people commit so much crime is because historically they were treated bad and its the "push back" from that... I counter why don't jews commit loads of crime? Why not asians?
Why is it black people commit far more crime in UK and USA (the two countries I have family in)... It's cultural.. I've had more racism from black people that white (I'm mixed raced). I've never been targeted by police because of skin colour... I've never had trouble in pubs/clubs because of my race, have always got on with my neighbours... but I don't commit crimes, I carry myself in a dignified manner, I treat ALL people the way I wish to be treated, I'm polite and can hold a conversation.