I just finished watching the documentary "64 about the '64 riots [[rebellion) in Rochester, NY that predated but extremely similar to those in Watts, Detroit and other cities in the 1960s. Though I don't want to talk about or debate the origins of the unrest, the movie does put out a very uncomfortable reality. Like in Detroit though African Americans in Rochester have obtain higher positions of power many factors of quality of life in the city has steadily go downhill, including employment, public safety and the school system.

So with all due respect to the insensitively that the question may pose, knowing full well the direct or institutional racism that existed in Detroit prior to '67 or Coleman Young's election in "73 why has a largely African American city declined in so many ways. Why is it that with African American in charge does the police force continue to fail to reach even 50% conviction levels for homicides, the public schools fail to graduate 50% of their students, city hall seem to have continuous corruption scandals and African American own businesses fail to fill the void left by those previously own and operated by people of other ethnicity?