The Hip-Hop Generation Chunk #2

The Hip-Hop Generation Chunk #2 is about a race war, love between black men and women, and hood movies. Bakar Kitwana discusses the problems that African Americans have with the justice system and how they are dealt a bad hand. For example, "Blacks make up only 13 percent of monthly illegal drug users, whereas whites constitute 74 percent of monthly illegal drug users...the Justice Department found that the number of Blacks incarcerated for drug offenses increased 707 percent during the decade between 1985 and 1995 (compared to a 306 percent increase for whites)." The defamation of women is addressed in chapter 4, he discusses the gender divide between black men and black women and the rise of sexual abuse. He uses the sexual abuse cases of Tupac Shakur and Mike Tyson. Finally he addresses "coming-of the-age" or "hood movies" such as Boyz N the Hood, Menace II Society, and New Jack City. These films are the first of ots kind that shows what it is like to be a young black man in the inner city and the problems with crime and poverty that we face. This is during a time in which a young generation of African Americans are being caught up in the War on Drugs, increasing arrest rates and police brutality, deteriorating relationships between women, and the expression of the "hip-hop generationers" on film. This is meant for young African Americans and Latinos that are apart of the Hip-Hop Generation or the generation after that. This is written to express the problems that people of this generation faces. As a "hip-hop generationer" Bakari Kitwana gives a good insight into the issues we face.

Clarification: What was the main subject of this chunk?
Application: What else is a problem that young black men face?