Without a doubt the spiritual war is heavy for the minds, hearts, souls, and lives of African Americans. Satan is first deceiving and then destroying many of them. The times I've driven through South Central in the 80's and 90's, you cut the demonic oppression hanging over that area with a knife it was so thick.
Bureau of Justice Statistics data show that from 1976 to 2005, black victims were killed by blacks 94% of the time. Blacks have higher rates of aids and stds and are the number one racial group per capita for being the victims of crime in addition to having the lowest standardized test scores and the highest fatherless rate in the nation.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out something has gone terribly wrong in the dynamics of African American interpersonal relationships, family, and culture. All we have to do is look at the statistics.
I remember as a little kid in the 1960s black families in my neighborhood being cohesive. The kids in my class got good grades and played sports. They were moral. All of this destruction wasn't happening back then.
The whole gangster explosion of the late 70's/early 80's combined with the loss of good jobs as manufacturing declined is when it all changed.
The culture changed dramatically for the worse and the economy deteriorated. Not a good combination.