Let's not kid ourselves here. Expecting a group of individuals to follow a system that has been historically against them will NEVER work.
Exhibit #1: This black family raised their kids on the system you mentioned and it rejected them.
Exhibit #2: The dean of Harvard, THE DEAN OF A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY, is arrested for breaking into his own house. Guess what his skin color was?
Things like lawsuits and voting will work when they have a system that works for them. I recall my great-great grandparent's generation actually creating a system of their own...only for it to be bombed by the system that
was against them.
What you're saying works for a system that caters to you. Whether or not we go with or against the system, they will ALWAYS find a way to
terrorize us. The reason why you never see anything like this for the Asians or Hispanic/Latino/Mexican communities is because the system doesn't fear them (as much) nor do they have anything to gain from glorifying how much they enjoy terrorizing them. Sure, the annual topic of immigration comes up but what they practice to make them successful is community and group economics. Oh and having country that can back them up.
Case in point: In the late 1800s, Italians were were lynched for allowing blacks into their businesses. When government officials in Italy got word what was going on, they were PISSED. The US apologized to Italy because they didn't want to lose an ally.
Who do black Americans have to fight for them? NO ONE. We have ourselves but ONLY when one of us are wronged. We NEVER come together when one of us are successful outside of what the norm is. When Gabby Douglas was in the Olympics in gymnastics, kicking ass, all
black folks could talk about was her hair.
Whenever a group of blacks move to any area in the USA, the system is NEVER in their favor. If we make an attempt at progress, we're labeled, ridiculed, and/or have things stripped from us.
What you see in Baltimore and what you saw in Fergurson is the result of black America not getting away from what worked in the past mentally and using tactics that can at least get some sort of response.