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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
My point was that as someone in a minority group, you should at least be able to somewhat see what is going on and identify that it is happening. Are you seriously saying you do not see minority groups being singled out by people like the police, or in this case, the god damn President of the USA? You don't have to be a part of the actual group to see it happening.
I think you're just playing the devils advocate to drum up conversation.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
I think the reason we use the term minorities is because even though a bunch of these issues are primarily issues for African-Americans, there are also issues that are primarily Latino or Muslim-centric but they're based on similar criteria. I think Asian-Americans are largely off the radar for many of these issues for any number of reasons.
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I think this is important. What are those reasons?
Why are only some minority groups being singled out? How do they differ from other minority groups?
I think Asians assimilate well into Western society. I know that sounds condescending but I'm proud of that. The other groups can sometimes be a problem and immigration is a problematic issue for all countries , it's not racist to say that we are all concerned about it.
As for the election, i don't like it when minorities are used as pawns. These are difficult issues that eventually have to be solved by both sides. The government and the ethnic groups themselves.