The early 17th century began the inception of slavery in America, with Massachusetts being the first colony to legalize slavery in 1641, of which, slavery was not banned throughout the entire United States until the actual ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Unlike, Europeans that were essentially the conquerors of America, for primarily the benefit of Protestant white people, most blacks, initially came to America in servitude and slavery, of which, though these blacks have since then been wholly assimilated within America, so that their native language is English, alongside their habits and customs being in adherence to the prevailing mores of the day, including religious belief, it is frustrating to recognize that on many levels, many blacks are, even now, kept segregated from truly being at liberty, with freedom and equality within America.
For instance, in many communities, a sizable portion of blacks are segregated in such a manner that there are enclaves within those communities that are primarily black in their color, which, to a certain extent, might be okay, or even preferred, if such segregation had an infrastructure of good job opportunities, good educational facilities, fair application of the judicial law within that community, and basically all the accouterments that a good community has. In point of fact, that isn't true whatsoever, as these communities suffer most sorely from the lack of mostly anything materially good and worthy, with the exception of the very people that live within this communities, which in their character and in their being, are good people.
Still, further to the point, it would be one thing, if black communities, were actually run by black people for the benefit of those people within those communities, in which, the legislative and judicial branches were black in color, and the businesses, schools, banks, parks, and community infrastructure were owned, sanctioned, and operated by black people. At least in those sorts of circumstances, the dollars earned and spent would be spent by black people for the benefit of other black people, and such circulation of that money would help the community as a whole.
In actuality, though, many businesses, banking institutions, and job ownership within those black communities, aren't actually owned by black people, but rather galling to many, they are run by those that live outside the community, or at the fringes of it, in which, these people, good or not, are not black. That might be okay if what they brought to the community was beneficial, which, to a certain extent it is, but rather, far too often, what they bring are the twin evils of outright exploitation and the siphoning of the dollars from black hands into the hands of those that are not black and are often not sympathetic to the black cause, whatsoever.
It doesn't seem right, in fact, it appears to be outright wrong, that those that know not English as their native tongue, or are first generation "Americans", are somehow able to have or find the funds to open up businesses in black communities, but somehow, black people are not given those same opportunities of entrepreneurship or ownership within their own communities that they have been segregated into. It's wrong, it's unequal, and it reflects clearly that real transformative change still has not yet occurred, but it most definitely needs to.