In the Ghetto reaction

Elvis is an icon, and one great song of his is "In the Ghetto". I happened on this video where a black man reacts to this song. Check it out. Elvis was spot on then, and it is true still today. A sad commentary on the state of our nation.
In a move toward a post racist America, Congress created welfare. The end result was that it destroyed families and created a class of people dependent on the state with no path to success that is visible to them. Sure, they see sports heroes, but where are the engineers, chemists, doctors and developers? We screw up. How do we unscrew it?