"I do agree though that poor neighborhoods don't have great schools and this along with other factors listed leads to a very high number of drop outs and we can both agree that's it's hard to get anywhere without a high school diploma." You pretty much just came back to the cause and effects of years of slavery, redlining, Jim crow as the reasons why the black community is at a disadvantage.

You may wanna check this article out too...

https://www-m.cnn.com/2017/04/25/health/ptsd-trauma-genetics-study/index.html

Inasmuch as people want say that its being years after these horrible events were done; the black community is still going through the after effects of these events and for as long as they psychological and sociological nature/nurture is not addressed it will keep on going on. Just my 2¢s.