I think it goes back to the "culture of stupidity" in the US.
Race shouldn't tie into this. But it does because the people involved are stupid. They believe in things that keep them stupid. Like "skin color is related to behavior."
Being intelligent enough to know differently, or not being raised in an environment that encourages those kinds of stupid unproductive thoughts is an advantage in itself. Those kinds of people generally pull themselves out of the shitter within their own generation or their kid's generation.
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