Ghetto Culture

  Actually, the ghetto is not the ghetto anymore because the inhabitants are no longer forced to live there, but that's what I'll call it for lack of a better name.  It's human nature for any group of people who spend any significant amount of time together to organize themselves into a self validating social group with its own cultural norms.  This can happen quite quickly, in a matter of days or even hours but, the longer they are together, the more their cultural norms become distinct from those of other surrounding cultures.  A person born into a culture generally tends to remain in it unless acted upon by an outside force.  He is not likely to abandon his home culture unless he is convinced that he would be better off without it.  Even then, his own people will frequently try to talk him out of it, both for his own good and theirs.  It doesn't help if the culture to which he aspires wants nothing to do with him.

When a White cop goes into the ghetto, he is viewed as an outsider from an alien culture trying to impose its will on the locals.  The cop knows this, and probably feels the same way about them.  This is why I think everybody would be better off if the ghettos around the country seceded from their cities and formed cities of their own.  They wouldn't need to build a wall around themselves, any more than the existing suburbs and enclaves have done.  All they need is their own mayor, city council, police force, and fire department.  The mayor, city council, and firemen can be part time.  I'm not sure about the police, maybe a small full time force could be augmented by volunteer reservists who would be called up only when needed.  If things got really out of hand, there is also the County Mounties, the State Police, and the National Guard to back them up, but the primary first responders should be the local guys.