Why Are African Americans The Majority Of Minority Oppression Convo?

Because white people in urban areas who probably never see black people think they are the most oppressed group in the country.

haha, Im serious Sabi, I live in the best neighborhood in Houston and there are a ton of minorities, lots of indians, asians, arabs and these guys have no issues thriving in our society, why is it that african americans seemingly struggle more and have more frequent run ins with cops, etc. You never hear of indians getting pulled over and having issues with cops, nor with asians.....it seems like something with a particular group which nobody wants to openly admit.

Aren't african american males like 6% of the population of the US and 50% of the violent offender population in prison? Aren't these ballpark figures correct? I remember reading those numbers somewhere before.

We're getting to the point where EVERYTHING:

* History
* Medical Care
* Law Enforcement
* Housing
* Education

is judged by how it affects 13% of the population

correct, but why isn't the issue at hand the african american community and not oppression of minorities bc minorities are not oppressed and many are thriving in our nation. You watch Antifa and you don't really see any Asians or Indians amongst them. Im sure there are a few here and there but for the most part we're talking about an issue with african american culture that nobody seems to want to openly discuss and work on.

Do Irish-Americans blame their failures in life on the potato famine?

Do unemployed Mexicans blame
Pancho Villa?

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Why is it that the spotlight seems to always feature african americans and their plight with cops,jobs,education,etc....

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IMO, it's mainly because for basically all of American history it has been that AA was "the" minority.... going back to the formation of the US, therefore it's more the default as far as any discussion on race in America...

plus, a large majority of legislation written to either help or hurt minorities was written under that "default" setting... including other races is a relatively new concept, in the grand scheme of things, here in America...

but i do agree with a large sentiment of your post, and i know there are a lot of AA's that would agree with you as well... they know that their community has to do better, but i think there isn't a consensus on how to do it, and unfortunately, they go with what's comfortable rather than the road less taken... they get stuck in a spiral of bad decisions, either by choice or circumstance, and it becomes harder to break with each generation... our greatest chance is to embrace our differences, put them aside, rather than magnify them, and work towards a common goal of equality and betterment, amongst all races...

People look at the numbers and they think the only way the large disparity makes sense is if the system is prejudiced against them. It's easier than tackling the real issue, culture.

During the Civil Rights movement, you had members of the black community become anti-white, anti-Christian, anti-West. If it "belonged" to the white man, they were against it.

That kind of mentality is what brought about the gang culture.

Squeaky wheels and such.

you cant compare people in POS countries to americans. If you're an american, it doesn't matter how poor you are bc you can get a great education and scholarships and move up the social ladder pretty freely. Being born into povery in the POS nations you mentioned does not allow that. Plenty of the rich foreigners in this nation, my parents included, came to this country with no money to their name and worked their way up. All im saying is its not a coincidence that tons of minorities are able to make it in this country except for a few certain groups......the issue is how do we fix the problems that one group faces.

The other minority's listed focus on family and education. Both important keys to success.