[apostacy]

> Now do some Asian American demographics face greater challenges? Sure. You named one, Vietnamese Refugees. You could also include Muslim refugees escaping genocide in Myanmar, to provide another example. But what that really illustrates is that "Asian American" is a category stretched almost beyond usefulness due to the wide, wide range of folks who are included, covering a continent with 4.4 BILLION people.

You characterize a Vietnamese refugee living in public housing being sent to the back of the line as merely a "greater challenge" for them? Your dismissiveness that you have about this strongly indicates that you are a spectator.

The fact you admit that "asian" is such a large population is all the more reason why these discrimination policies are unjust and ineffective. But you have not expressed any real objection about it.

> But I will never have to sit down with my son and explain that the police may shoot and kill him for no reason at all. When he calls 911 for help, he doesn't have to worry that the people who respond will treat him like a perpetrator instead of a victim.

Police are not going out hunting for black people. They are actually generally avoidant, especially now. The reason that more black people get shot is because there are more black people committing crimes, or adjacent to crimes. And anyone is at risk with an encounter with the police. It has more to do with circumstance than anything. If you hang out around liquor stores at night, and are frequently in the company of people with warrants, I can assure you that your chances of being shot go up substantially, no matter what you look like.

I have a stake in this. My ancestors were denied access to universities that they were qualified for, because too many of there type were there already, because social justice. I don't buy any of it.

[teachrdan]

> The reason that more black people get shot is because there are more black people committing crimes, or adjacent to crimes.

Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her home when the police shot and killed her for no reason, and the officers responsible were never even charged with her murder. I'm sorry, but I've never heard of this happening to any Asian American of any background.

Yes, growing up poor puts you at a disadvantage, but being Black in America puts you at an even greater disadvantage.

> And anyone is at risk with an encounter with the police.

Agreed, but the police are much less likely to arrest you, beat you, or kill you if you are not Black.

> If you hang out around liquor stores at night, and are frequently in the company of people with warrants, I can assure you that your chances of being shot go up substantially, no matter what you look like.

Even applying the principle of charity, this sounds incredibly racist. There is a long, easily Google-able list of African Americans who were shot and killed while walking home with a bag of Skittles, or correctly warning officers they had a legal concealed weapon, for holding up a wallet that police later said looked like a firearm, or any number of other circumstances. If you think that every Black victim of police violence had it coming, you need to seriously consider your anti-Black racism.