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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Whenever schools are mentioned and equity is mentioned, it always seems to be for African Americans. No other ethnic group struggles the way this group does. [/b]

I have seen African immigrants excel. I have seen uneducated refugees from all over the world work hard and succeed. The US has so many opportunities. You have to take advantage of the opportunities.[/quote]

I wonder why that could possibly be....what have African Americans experienced that no other ethnic group has... let's think....[/quote]

Oh please. Slavery ended 150+ years ago. Some of these new immigrants come from war zones, had family members murdered and lived in abject poverty that doesn’t exist in the US. [/quote]

So you are willing to ignore the issues that arose from sharecropping, Jim Crow laws, red lining, and a host of whole other systemic issues that created an inequalities between African Americans and White Americans in this country?

Granted, the issues with generational poverty affect more then African Americans in the US. White people in Appalachia are an example of a community that is massively impacted by generational poverty. There are entire sectors of the Hispanic population that are struggling with generational poverty.

Most immigrants that arrive in the US through the Visa lotteries and legal methods are people who have a specific skill set or background that makes it easier to succeed in the US then low wage workers or people who risk coming tot he US illegally. And there are plenty of illegal immigrants coming from Asian, European, and African Countries. People granted a Visa or asylum from Afghanistan or another war torn country are able to provide specific skills or have provided some type of service to the US that puts them in danger if they stay in their country. There is an entire vetting process. It is very different for poor people fleeing violence and crime in their local village in Central America that are willing to risk the trip to the US. The skills and backgrounds are very different.

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I am the pp poor Asian immigrant. My grandparents was poor and illiterate. My dad was malnourished as a child during war. My mom worked as a housekeeper and supported our family. I grew up in poverty in a majority black poor neighborhood. It was 100% free lunch.

I am friends with a Serbian family and the dad moved here with his mom and brother after his dad was killed in war. The mom worked multiple jobs to feed them. The kids went to school, got beat up by the black kids but somehow still ended up going to college and doing decently for themselves.

If these kids can come to a country with no money, uneducated parents and not speak a word of English, I don’t see how you can keep using slavery from hundreds of years ago. There are plenty of LMC, MC and MC blacks who were also descendants of slaves who raise their children well. [/quote]

It has more to do with the culture surrounding how you parent, the value placed on education vs sports, and the expectations at home.  [/quote]

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