美国黑人的贫困化和高犯罪率问题，一直是困扰美国社会的一个巨大难题。自二十世纪六十年代民权运动以来，尽管美国黑人的政治和经济地位有了重大改善，但总的来说，黑人在美国仍然处于二等公民的地位。黑人和白人之间，在教育水平、平均工资、社会地位等方面都有明显差距，黑 The plight of African Americans and the high crime rate have always been a huge problem plaguing American society. Since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, black people have remained generally second-class citizens in the United States, in spite of major improvements in the political and economic status of Afro-Americans. There is a clear gap between blacks and whites in terms of education level, average salary, social status, etc.