It's not even just black people. There are Mexican immigrants that hate on Mexican immigrants. Asian immigrants that hate on other Asian immigrants. They get all caught up in these narratives of who's a good immigrant and who's a bad immigrant, that they completely miss the fact that the conservative whites running the show don't want ANY of them here.
I grew up among the Indian American professional upper middle class. Almost every single one of them had a chip on their shoulder about "coming here with nothing and becoming successful".
They all think they were rewarded because they were the "good immigrants who follow the rules", contrasting it with the "illegals who jumped the queue" or "African Americans who commit crimes".
In the last 8 years I've gotten into it with a lot of them about how every single right we get to enjoy as minorities were gained from the blood, sweat and tears of Black and Latino civil rights and labor rights activists.
Apoorva Govindu/Appyg99 Oct 20
13 years in America, still on a visa. Which party is going to make it easy for *legal* immigrants from India get at least a residency permit faster?
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u/volkerbaII 5d ago
It's not even just black people. There are Mexican immigrants that hate on Mexican immigrants. Asian immigrants that hate on other Asian immigrants. They get all caught up in these narratives of who's a good immigrant and who's a bad immigrant, that they completely miss the fact that the conservative whites running the show don't want ANY of them here.