Imo, black inner city problems can only be solved by blacks themselves. So don't hold your breath.
It's not a "gun" problem. It's not a drug problem. It's not a poverty problem.
It IS a cultural problem. And much of that thug culture that so many blacks embrace grew out of life on the streets and in prison. The idea that people can be controlled through threats. That "respect" can be demanded (backed by threats and violence). The hatred toward police, and white people in general.
The blaming of whites, and environment, and the world, in general for ALL of the problems blacks might face. The lack of personal responsibility for their own choices. Their reliance on other people to GIVE them anything they need, or DEMAND.
Their use of riots and crime and violence to get what they want. Their utter lack of a work ethic, and on and on. These are all things only blacks, themselves, can change. If they ever find the fucking will to make those changes.
But blacks do NOT want whites telling them what to do, or how to do it. They, most of them, want nothing to do with whites. Aside from getting every freaking dollar out of them, in any possible way.
In view of the above, I have little hope that inner city (black) problems of violence and crime and poverty will ever be "fixed."
The only real cure for poverty is to educate one's self, gain skills, get a fucking job and KEEP it.
Society cannot "fix" these problems by throwing ever more money at them. That is simply a waste of resources.
These are the kinds of problems that exist and that few people are willing to talk about. Doing so will attract cries of "Waacist" from a lot of self-righteous twats. Especially those with little, if any, personal experience in these places, and with black people, more broadly.
ONLY blacks can fix their problems. Or...not.