All the problems in the black community can be directly tied to poverty. Poverty can be tied to the legacy of slavery and everything leading up to the civil rights movement in 1964. That's my argument.
The black community isn't exempt from blame, but the institutional history of the United States is very much responsible.
And to equate what asians or other immigrants have been able to do in the US compared to blacks is silly.
Oh My.
You do realise that Japanese were round up and interned here 70 years ago right? They weren't hardly trusted after their internment until the late '60's and '70's.
Are you aware that the Chinese were used as slave labor to build our Railroads right?
These occurences were after the abolishment of slavery.
While 300 years of African American slavery has been tough on African Americans and old stereo types die hard. The fact is that African Americans have had opportunities. However many have chosen not to work hard and at least try. However there are millions of African Americans who have come from the ghetto who have worked hard and succeeded in our history.
Asians have had it everybody bit as hard as African Americans these last 2 centuries. Their culture and values are much different though as a whole. They are hard working and independent as a rule in their culture, not as the exception.