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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think Asians have earned that pass. We try our best to assimilate. We didn't suddenly become well educated, we worked hard.
Perhaps I'm just cheerleading and I am wrong in thinking others an earn it too.
African-Americans have been suppressed forever and it's wrong. But I haven't heard Trump say disparaging things about them unless I'm mistaken.
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I think part of it is that Asian cultures (broadly speaking) adhere more to the philosophy of "the nail that stands out gets pounded down" rather than "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," and generally are very concerned about communal interests. As a result, they blend in. So much so, in fact, that other minority groups sometimes lump them in with white people when discussing racially charged matters, i.e., the issue doesn't apply to them.
But don't think you're sitting so pretty that this government might not knock on your door and take your driver's licence away. They know the menace y'all pose to honest white American commuters
As for black folks, they were screwed to begin with, screwed throughout history, and are screwed now. Their screwedness is not only ingrained in American institutions but in American culture. And yes, Trump has said disparaging things about them. Five minutes with Google will establish this for you. And even if he hadn't, the policies the Republican party espouses clearly further the institutional and cultural barriers black people face in the States. They'll just continue to be drugged, locked up, and disenfranchised as they have been for decades.