Imma go ahead and flesh this out. You asked, so you better take the time to actually read. Look: I left the church in my early 20s. I learned right then and there how socially conservative we really are.
We value God and spiritualism. Family. Marriage and births within wedlock... I know the TREND has been opposite since we've come of age, but historically speaking the values have been there.
Now, as for me... I'm still socially conservative, "crazy" enough. Cause for me, conservatism isn't some "White" or "Republican" shyt. It's the values any group lays as a foundation for the advancement of their people-- and yes, I'm an African American. For me that means reviving Black love in the mainstream. We watched that vanish as we came of age. I'm not worried about gay people, "bedwenches" or their 'influence' personally, I'm worried about Black men and women's relations with one other. Are we actually dating or marrying appropriately, are we actually valuing one another on our paths or is it just about me. It means honor. There's a lot of people on both sides throwing "nikka" around carelessly and I cringe every time I see it. Especially from a position of supposed 'uplift'. It damn sure means integrity, because before the mods put everyone on notice, there was a whole lot of "tether this, tether that" talk about what other groups are doing but meanwhile, we could have our own smutting, hurting or killing each other and that same so called concern over lineage never enters the convo. So yeah... that's kinda what it is. I hope I made sense.