Cynthetiq

my point is that you can take a good number of heritages in a number of countries and find these same type of discriminations not just in america, but across the world.

if it's limited to america, then heck you can say that the Irish were mistreated etc, there are people who still remember seeing signage that said,"Irish need not apply"

you could do the same for the chinese during the railroad expansions.

and in regards to the hispanics, well it's the hispanics and a good number of asian groups that have completely reaped the civil rights that the blacks so demanded. IMHO they do it better, smarter, with larger community goals in mind.

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