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Originally Posted by davidd
The Irish, the Italians, the Cubans, the Polish, etc. assimilated.
Scapegoat is someone who is blamed for problems, without cause.
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Those groups have assimilated yet they still have their own communities. There are Italian communities and Polish communities in just about every major city. Anybody who is Irish and knows about their history knows that we were once considered the hahahahahahas of Europe. I don't live in Ireland so I don't know if that's still the case. Still, all these groups are white and can assimilate on boundaries defined by salient features (skin color, facial features).
But even if Blacks on the whole were the exact opposite what they are now (instead of majority poor, they were majority wealthy, educated, and creme de la creme of society), that is no guarantee that race relations would improve. Jewish people are all of those things and yet they're hated for it and always have been. So whether you're at the top, middle, or bottom, people will find reasons not to like you.