The children of successful black professional parents are reverting to rejection of "the white man's culture." The parents fought their way to success only to have their children reject it.
Ogbu did research in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in the late 90s into why children of these parents were failing school.
One of the reasons, according to researcher John Ogbu, is that successful parents do not teach their children how to be successful. They assumed that since they figured it out, so would their kids. No, you have to pass on the culture of success to your kids.
Ogbu, a Nigerian immigrant, was ripped by blacks as a "Clarence Thomas." Successful blacks from Africa are just too "white" to be able to judge American blacks. In my experience, I've found that African blacks despise the American black culture.
It seems that there is heavy peer pressure to conform with the popular black culture. Even the white kids are dressing and talking like hood rats.
This feels like another rebellious generation coming along.