Darn right it’s tax dollars. Over 60% of Blacks in Baltimore are unemployed.
Have you ever seen a Country, State, or City that was run by Blacks that prospered? No. Crap, the whole continent of Africa would still be eating monkey meat if not for areas being colonized by whites. The vast majority of these people have not evolved from the tribal mentality that makes it virtually impossible for them to live in a civil society. It is sad for those of the Black race who have overcome and made a success of their lives. The biggest oppressor that those Blacks have is the constant peer pressure of Blacks who want to keep them down.
Different areas of Africa have different fortunes. Quite often, modern Negro immigrants to the USA prosper and are baffled or even contemptuous at the poor morale of legacy African-Americans.
Also don’t hoot so quickly at Ethiopia.