Which ethnic group to the US Gov screw over the most?

[Crazyirishman]

What are you opinions? I personally lean towards the Natives.

[Army of GOD]

whites

[Phatscotty]

taxpayers

[BigBallinStalin]

If we count total casualties plus displaced future economic growth, it would have to be the American Indians.

[spurgistan]

Chicanos are a good upset pick for most screwed over. At least with most other ethnic groups we were relatively straightforward when dicking them over. Chicanos, we invited into the country during wartime labor shortage and THEN passed racist policies against.

[Phatscotty]

Chicanos are a good upset pick for most screwed over. At least with most other ethnic groups we were relatively straightforward when dicking them over. Chicanos, we invited into the country during wartime labor shortage and THEN passed racist policies against.

oh so there was an opportunity for them to make a wage when we had a shortage, and then we "dick them over" when our soldiers come home and want to work? Yes they filled shortages, no the positions were not permanent. They got money while they could, which was a good thing.

Can't you ever be grateful or proud that we were a country with so much job opportunity in the first place?

[thegreekdog]

Let's see...

I would rank as follows:

(1) Natives - Killed en masse from the 16th century until the 20th century.
(2) Blacks - Brought here against their will; enslaved; no equal rights until 1964.
(T3) Asians - Were not slaves, but were pretty much indentured in the 19th century. Pretty much good to go now.
(T3) Chicanos/Chicanas - Villified in the 19th century by the western expansion of the white folks; I suppose you could argue illegal immigration stuff, but, well, they are breaking the law I suppose.
(T3) Arabs - Get the post-2001 racism thing going
(T3) Europeans - Depending on who they were, were subject to bigotry through most of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[Army of GOD]

Let's see...

I would rank as follows:

(1) Natives - Killed en masse from the 16th century until the 20th century.
(2) Blacks - Brought here against their will; enslaved; no equal rights until 1964.
(T3) Asians - Were not slaves, but were pretty much indentured in the 19th century. Pretty much good to go now.
(T3) Chicanos/Chicanas - Villified in the 19th century by the western expansion of the white folks; I suppose you could argue illegal immigration stuff, but, well, they are breaking the law I suppose.
(T3) Arabs - Get the post-2001 racism thing going
(T3) Europeans - Depending on who they were, were subject to bigotry through most of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Looks like the Indians have it easy (the ones from India)...

[daddy1gringo]

Whichever one the speaker is a member of.

[Frito Bandito]

I'd say the 99% ers!

[Nobunaga]

... Natives first, I mean, we nearly wiped them completely out. Hard to beat that one.

... Blacks second. We (well guys long dead) made slaves of them. They were freed, then enslaved again. Bad deal.

...

[Victor Sullivan]

Let's see...

I would rank as follows:

(1) Natives - Killed en masse from the 16th century until the 20th century.
(2) Blacks - Brought here against their will; enslaved; no equal rights until 1964.
(T3) Asians - Were not slaves, but were pretty much indentured in the 19th century. Pretty much good to go now.
(T3) Chicanos/Chicanas - Villified in the 19th century by the western expansion of the white folks; I suppose you could argue illegal immigration stuff, but, well, they are breaking the law I suppose.
(T3) Arabs - Get the post-2001 racism thing going
(T3) Europeans - Depending on who they were, were subject to bigotry through most of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Not to mention internment for Japanese-Americans during WWII. But I'd say I agree with your list.

-Sully

[PLAYER57832]

I voted Native Americans because even though blacks were enslaved, that was more a matter of the state of the world at the time, combined with some particular state action (in which the government refrained from interfering). In the case of the Native Americans, the government itself was the instrument of abuse. Native Americans were outright killed (debatably worse than being enslaved), imprisoned, sickened with diseases (not just inadvertantly.. I mean things like intentionally giving them blankets from typhoid victims). Etc.

I like greekdog's list, though one reason that Latin Americans fall lower is that it was much, MUCH easier for them to integrate after a generation or so. Also, there always was a kind of stupid division.. "Spanish" was OK, whereas "Mexican" (etc.. they were all called "mexicans") was not.

You did forget Chinese, not just Japanese. Chinese were brought here in droves, particularly to work the western railroads.. but virtually enslaved and limited to their own sections. That they were happy to isolate themselves (considering themselves superior to us) is perhaps irrelevant.

[0ojakeo0]

The U.S government didnt really f*ck over the natives. That was mostly the English.

[tkr4lf]

The U.S government didnt really f*ck over the natives. That was mostly the English.

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

[BigBallinStalin]

The U.S government didnt really f*ck over the natives. That was mostly the English.

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

I could've sworn Custard spoke English...

[Crazyirishman]

The U.S government didnt really f*ck over the natives. That was mostly the English.

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

My personal favorite is the Black Hills incident followed by what they did to the penobscot here in the town where I go to college.

[bradleybadly]

Ever heard of Custard?

He was the one defeated by Inter Course, right?

[Phatscotty]

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

This shows the importance of being the winner of armed conflicts. If you lose, you be walkin that trail of tears.

Never let your guard down when it comes to the U.S. government, not for one second!



We will use our constitution as a guide handed down to us by our founding fathers to check the U.S. government wherever we can for as long as we can.

[PLAYER57832]

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

This shows the importance of being the winner of armed conflicts. If you lose, you be walkin that trail of tears.

Never let your guard down when it comes to the U.S. government, not for one second!



We will use our constitution as a guide handed down to us by our founding fathers to check the U.S. government wherever we can for as long as we can.

You DO realize that the founding fathers were themselves very much part of the abuse.. not just of other cultures, but of women as well.

Try actually LEARNING history, not just the nice-sounding rhetoric. Its important!

[whitestazn88]

who the f*ck is custard?

[PLAYER57832]

Ever heard of Custard?

He was the one defeated by Inter Course, right?

No, I think he is the founder of Krispy Creme....

[HapSmo19]

who the f*ck is custard?

He's Danish.

[BigBallinStalin]

who the f*ck is custard?

He's a Danish.

Fixed.

[Phatscotty]

No, it was the U.S. government too. Ever hear of the Trail of Tears? That was the U.S. government's doing. Among many, many other things. Ever heard of Custard? He wasn't English...

This shows the importance of being the winner of armed conflicts. If you lose, you be walkin that trail of tears.

Never let your guard down when it comes to the U.S. government, not for one second!



We will use our constitution as a guide handed down to us by our founding fathers to check the U.S. government wherever we can for as long as we can.

You DO realize that the founding fathers were themselves very much part of the abuse.. not just of other cultures, but of women as well.

Try actually LEARNING history, not just the nice-sounding rhetoric. Its important!

What I learned form history and you either ignore or deny, is that our founders left the constitution for us which clearly limits what the government can do and spells out clearly many things the gov't cannot do. That is the answer to checking the abuse of power from our gov't, all we need to do is use the Constitution correctly, and for what it was intended for, IMO. Freedom



PS another thing you ignore is that people needed to stand up and fight for and claim their rights, you don't just wait around until someone gives them to you. Women did this mostly all by themselves in the 1920's, and they deserve the credit.