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Racist policies? Then why do Asians and Jews earn more? Why do Hindus earn the same?
If you took some time to click through links I provided and to think about the history of the specific policies mentioned then you might be able to provide your own answers to some of these questions. That is, I talked about the systematic impoverishment of African Americans over literally 100+ years. Other groups have also faced discrimination in America, but there are important differences in scope and intensity that you need to look at in more detail if you want to actually understand the issue, rather than just wanting to justify your preconceptions. With regard to Asian (and Indian) immigrants, part of the answer to you question is that they are more recent immigrants who were of higher socio-economic status before they came to the US.
See for example Pew Research:
"These milestones of economic success and social assimilation have come to a group that is still majority immigrant. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of Asian-American adults were born abroad; of these, about half say they speak English very well and half say they don’t.
Compared with the educational attainment of the population in their country of origin, recent Asian immigrants also stand out as a select group. For example, about 27% of adults ages 25 to 64 in South Korea and 25% in Japan have a bachelor’s degree or more.2 In contrast, nearly 70% of comparably aged recent immigrants from these two countries have at least a bachelor’s degree."
Or the Migration Policy Institute:Compared with the educational attainment of the population in their country of origin, recent Asian immigrants also stand out as a select group. For example, about 27% of adults ages 25 to 64 in South Korea and 25% in Japan have a bachelor’s degree or more.2 In contrast, nearly 70% of comparably aged recent immigrants from these two countries have at least a bachelor’s degree."
"Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau (the most recent 2014 American Community Survey [ACS] and pooled 2009-13 ACS data), the Department of Homeland Security’s Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, and the World Bank's annual remittance data, this Spotlight provides information on the Asian immigrant population in the United States, focusing on its size, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics....
Asian immigrants have significantly higher incomes than the total foreign- and U.S.-born populations. In 2014, the median income of households headed by an Asian immigrant was $70,000, compared to $49,000 and $55,000 for overall immigrant and native-born households, respectively. Households headed by Indian ($105,000), Taiwanese ($91,000), Filipino ($82,000), and Malaysian ($80,000) immigrants had the highest median income among all Asian immigrant groups, while Saudi ($22,000), Iraqi ($27,000), and Burmese ($38,000) households had the lowest median incomes."
None of this is contradictory to the argument I'm making, which to sum up is that a long history of explicitly racist anti-black policy and discrimination, combined with the effects of segregation, have uniquely led to the the wealth and income disparities between whites and blacks in the US. This disparity, reinforced through the criminal justice system, creates a vicious cycle which is both self-sustaining and also contributes to racist beliefs. None of this applies in the same way to recent Asian immigrants, nor exactly to most American Jews. Asian immigrants have significantly higher incomes than the total foreign- and U.S.-born populations. In 2014, the median income of households headed by an Asian immigrant was $70,000, compared to $49,000 and $55,000 for overall immigrant and native-born households, respectively. Households headed by Indian ($105,000), Taiwanese ($91,000), Filipino ($82,000), and Malaysian ($80,000) immigrants had the highest median income among all Asian immigrant groups, while Saudi ($22,000), Iraqi ($27,000), and Burmese ($38,000) households had the lowest median incomes."
Are you arguing for white privlege or black disadvantage? Pick one.
I'm arguing with the claims you made. We could talk about the "white privilege" concept, but I doubt it's possible to come to a useful understanding of that concept in the absence of some grasp of the facts about racial inequality, so that seems like a better place to begin in any case.