Its not going to change from within. If we dont intervene with massive resources it will only get worse. Let me give you am example. There is a girl at the school I work at. Her dad is doing 20 in the big house. Her mom just died from a heroin overdose. She is now being raised by her grandmother, who has a host of her own issues.
Without outside intervention that girl has zero chance.
And they dont idolize the thug life. Its the only life they know. Its the only life their parents know and its the only life their grandparents know. You tell them to work hard, they have no concept of what that means.
Blame them, blame whoever you want. That wont change a thing. Only massive intervention will change it.