Immigrants as scapegoats

[GMDino]

(01-03-2019, 06:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Would it not be true that in any country the race that is the majority does the same? If so why are you making this a US thing?
I'm not talking about yesterday either. History shows us that the majority of a race in each country behaves the same. Go to an Asian country and watch how the Asians respond to a black man walking down the street. Go to Saudi Arabia, how's that white privilege work there for you?

Well I'm American and have only lived in America so I am talking about America.  The country that should be better than the rest, right?

(01-03-2019, 06:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: That restriction is because people are more comfortable with people that look similar, vs different. It takes a long time for people to break thru that psychological gap and get past someone's differences.  Whites have been the majority in the US for a long time, so it's natural for whites to have established themselves with a lot of the power over that time.

Soooo....I was right?

(01-03-2019, 06:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Times are changing though, there is becoming plenty of people that are not white that are wealthy. So if what you say about "white privilege" is true, these people should never have been able to rise up to the ranks of the top 100 wealthiest in the US.

There are exceptions to rules.  There are those who can rise above despite the odds.  And then there is the norm.

(01-03-2019, 06:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: No, I don't blame other races for the crimes

Guess I wasn't talking about you then.

(01-03-2019, 06:10 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: , I blame lack of educational opportunities for those poverty stricken areas that have high crime/drug rates. Many have no way to escape poverty, so they are going to do what they can to survive. Sell Drugs, steal from others. I've already tried to explain it's a mindset. People in poverty worry about "today" today. "Tomorrow" is tomorrow's problem, not todays. Middle class and up, spends what they need to today and usually plan for tomorrow because they have that luxury.

And a lot of those problems are caused by being a minority in a country where the majority thinks you just don't work hard enough to pull yourself up.



I have to edit to add that the "whites" that had that early power were mostly WASP's. Over time other white/European minorities were eventually received in like Italians, Irish, etc.