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No they aren't but the numbers really only become relevant when trying to scapegoat your own problems. A more relevant statistic would be over 70% of black children are born to single mothers. That's just fricking sad and no one will hardly even mention it.

No it's all the cops huh?

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Care to explain how Asian populations are thriving in America?

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We lie
We cheat
We steal

We also cater to specific groups of people, then make our kids go to med school or they're bums and disowned.

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Care to explain how Asian populations are thriving in America?

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Well let's see, show me where you bombed asian churches, lynched them and committed other acts of brutality stretching over 200 years? Also, most Asians are migrants, most of which have access to capital here in America or from their native county, to start businesses and gain equity almost instantly. Blacks on the other hand have had a much tougher time over the past few decades to do such. Asians also take equity and cash and fund others that come to America to do the same. You can take a look at social and economic policies that were enacted by the government that were purposely intended to hinder blacks throughout the past several decades.

Wait a second, didn’t the US govt enact the New Deal and Great Society to HELP BLACKS throughout the past several decades? Biggest expansion of the federal government maybe in history, paid for by taxpayers, basically converting us to socialism to a great degree and you have the audacity to allege that govt enacted policies to HARM THEM? Man GTFO with that contradiction nonsense.

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The sacrifices blacks made for civil rights opened up more doors

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But did they sacrifice everything like St Colin has?

I see two cases:


1) Immigrant who came over either via H-1B or by own ability who had to start from the ground up.

They believe in education, hard work, and central family unit. Went through significant hardships in their home country. Use those hard times as a driving force to prosper. Started this process roughly 50 years ago (1970’s).

2) Significant hardships done to by home country. War fought for their freedom. Civil Rights movement gave them equality.

Most of population does not value education. Uses economic shortfall as excuses to move toward crime. Does nothing to rebuild nuclear family.

Start time for this: 1970’s or the same 50 years ago.

Case 1 is thriving
Case 2 has not changed.

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Well let's see, show me where you bombed asian churches, lynched them and committed other acts of brutality stretching over 200 years?

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In America more like 100 years, but lots of asians around the world have been dealing with this for centuries.

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Also, most Asians are migrants, most of which have access to capital here in America or from their native county,

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Maybe today, but definitely not the 1900s. I'd bank 90% of Vietnamese immigrants from 1950s-1980s had little to nothing. Hell, my parents had little to nothing in '85. They lived in housing/assistance for the first 3 years, worked in factories for the first 10.

My dad actually worked for a man who owned a fleet of shrimping boats and when people the area found out this guy hired asians, they burned the guys boat down.

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to start businesses and gain equity almost instantly.

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Wanna hear the shite my gf's family hears and deals with on a daily basis owning a cornerstore?

Or what my dad had to go through in the 90s when they were able to afford their own boat?

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Blacks on the other hand have had a much tougher time over the past few decades to do such.

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Probably, but it wasn't some cakewalk for asians like you make it sound. They didn't just come up here and open a nail shop, dry cleaner, or cornerstore all of a sudden. Most of them learned to save up, be frugal with spending, and then went all in on their business

When I was a kid, you think I'd get eggo waffles or doritos or soft drinks? No.

I got my breakfast which was the cheap shitty cereal and milk. Got free lunch at school. Ate rice, vegetables from a garden my parents had, and protein that they either bought or traded vegetables for.

People in low-income families don't save well or spend money frugally. They spend it on useless shite, that is why asians and middle eastern families who own corner stores make bank. They survive off that and bad habits (i.e. smoking, drinking).

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Asians also take equity and cash and fund others that come to America to do the same. You can take a look at social and economic policies that were enacted by the government that were purposely intended to hinder blacks throughout the past several decades.

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Majority of black business owners I've come to meet overcome the same odds that my family and lots of 1950-80s migrants did, they learned how to be frugal and save, invested their earnings into a potential or trade that can make them money, and then they put in the time and effort to excel at their job and take care of their family.

Hell, one of my classmates since elementary school grew up side by side with me and his parents were nearly the same as mine. Lived in the poor area of Algiers, parents were factory workers at Folgers (they commuted every day). They saved up from 1980s til mid 90s, invested into something (they bought a cornerstore in the westbank; my parents bought a boat), and worked there for nearly 20 years. Now they hire someone to work the gas station and into retirement they go. He's a practicing dentist now, his siblings are pharmacists and one is a lawyer.

Some families have more resolve than others. Race has nothing to do with saving and investing.

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Also, most Asians are migrants, most of which have access to capital here in America or from their native county, to start businesses and gain equity almost instantly. Blacks on the other hand have had a much tougher time over the past few decades to do such. Asians also take equity and cash and fund others that come to America to do the same.

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Asians value work ethic and family probably more than any other group in this country

That's my guess on why they defy the odds.