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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Please let me try to present a different perspective.
I agree with your first sentence. The "one group" needs to be identified or the statement leaves you wondering.
Second sentence is just sad that a Federal judge would be pulled over. If asked why, I doubt the officer would have said "because you are black". There must have been more to the story than that, but some people (of all races, etc) think they are the only ones that ever get picked on. I have heard of DWI, but I don't think DWB is the only reason that one may be stopped.
I have often heard the phrase, " this country was built on the backs of Black Americans". This statement implies that only black people, and no other group, had anything to do with the creation of or the success of this country. Almost every immigrant, religious or ethnic group has used a variation of that angry, self-serving and extremely biased phrase as justification for their actions.
As to the "suppression of Black Americans", I offer that, again, every immigrant, religious or ethnic has felt some oppression at one time or another. Black Americans may have had it more so than other groups, but the experience is not unique to blacks alone, and to imply it is denigrates the struggles and successes of all other Americans.
As to the demands, I find most of them very reasonable. EVERYONE should be treated with equality, dignity and respect. And no one should feel afraid solely because of their color. But I respectfully disagree with having to "make them happy". Only you can make yourself happy. There are many people, not just in this country, but around the world who seemingly have everything they could possibly want and yet they are miserable. Others have nothing yet find joy in the simplest things. Trying to "make them happy" is an exercise in futility.
There are Black Americans in every walk of life that have become leaders, successful in their own right, with wealth, status and respect. Even the highest office in the land is not beyond reach. So, time to put away the anger and blaming of others for long past grievances, for those things only blind you to opportunities to make the country and the world a better place, with equality, dignity and respect for EVERYONE.

Thank you. Sometimes one needs to state the obvious numerous times before an inkling seeps through what seems to be a concrete barrier on some folks.
Isn't it interesting that our Chinese Americans are not protesting in the streets because they built the rail road? How about our Japanese Americans that were interned/imprisoned in camps during WWII? Everyone has a gripe if they want to assume some form of liability against an ancestor. Time for some to quit making excuses and instead, thank their god that they were born or immigrated to this great country. Half the world (at least) if asked what country would they live in if given a chance, would say the U.S. of A. And they would end up being better citizens than at least half the ones living today.

Systemic Racism is a lie, period.