[mkconor]

gang violence The gangs were white, but the contours of the violence would probably be familiar to contemporary observers.

intense poverty Sociocultural hurdles that limited property ownership, the inability to meaningfully advocate for fair wages, and the lack of the suffrage required to change this reality meant that intense poverty was the status quo.

substance abuse http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/jamdoi.html

"William Henry James and Stephen Lloyd Johnson document the role of alcohol and other drugs in traditional African cultures, among African slaves before the American Civil War, and in contemporary African American society, which has experienced the epidemics of marijuana, heroin, crack cocaine, and gangs since the beginning of this century. The authors zero in on the interplay of addiction and race to uncover the social and psychological factors that underlie addiction."

neglect see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining#History; see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JimCrowCar2.jpg

trauma Subjective, based on who you ask, but I'd say yes.