"Cuz we ain't neva gonna be shit"

This topic has been on my mind for almost 2 years now and this is the first time I have decide to post my thoughts for others to see and comment. Earlier this evening, I was having a conversation with a friend about the county that we both grew up in, Prince George's in Maryland. Back in the early 90's, PG county was one of the most affluent counties for African-Americans to live in the United States. As the gentrification of Washington DC has rose since the late 90s and this millennium, a lot of black people that were displaced from Columbia Heights and parts of Southeast DC to PG county. Today there was a vote to veto the building of a new soccer stadium for the DC United in PG county. My friend is a soccer fan (one of the few African-American fan I know) so I know it broke his heart to see it fall through but we also had a discussion on how the county has been deteriorating since we were in school there. It is the second worst school district in the state of Maryland and many businesses have been discouraged to open up shops here. Anyway, to wrap up the conversation my friend said "I hate PG county". I asked him "why?", and he said "Cuz we ain't neva going to be shit". The "we" he was referring to are black people in the US. I was a little miffed because currently the most powerful man in the United State is black and there are many success stories of African-Americans all over the country. Yet, the majority of the headlines you hear in the media about blacks are the high drug disease and crime rates that affect blacks and the communities thy live in. So I have always wondered, why is there always references to the "black community" and "we"? I understand the whole slavery thing and how because we were taken from Africa and mixed all together we are all "family" now. I think that people have to come to the realization that no matter how much the country change and things improve for the majority of black people, they will always be a section of people who will not do the right things and reflect a bad image on themselves. My biggest question is will there ever be a point where the majority of black people who are doing the right things will say "Look, I know here are some coons in the community, but they don't reflect me or what I want to be"? Most white people in America are judged individually, and they are quick to throw there family and friends under the bus if they are not doing right. Will there ever come a time were it's acceptable in the black community to do the same thing? I feel I personally have an obligation to try and be a productive citizen in society and help people who may not have the same opportunities I had when I grew up. I also feel that people need to be accountable for there own actions and I shouldn't be judged or to back someone who is doing wrong because they are my family or friend.