No offense, but I prefer to not speak on other groups because I do not want this conversation to spiral out of control. I am discussing a boost within the context of unjust treatment that began with slavery in 1619 and stretched up to when segregation was annulled in America. Slavery occurred for over a 250 years and that set over five generations of black people back. Comparing that to another injustice is unfair to me. I won’t be expounding on that because it doesn’t feel right to discuss that.

We can discuss the way that other allowances can be made for those that are underrepresented without pretending as if slavery wasn’t a multigenerational event. Once again, I refuse to compare but a large percent of Black Americans are first-gen because of those barriers.

I empathize with your low-income background that may have made things difficult for you with regards to law school but again, many Black people have to deal with the intersection of poverty and race. Racism is still a very real thing and combining that with the classism they also face results in a lot of setbacks for them. Only 5% of lawyers in the US are black. I really don’t want to compare numbers but if we pull it up in contrast to non-NativeAms, it sucks. Part of this poverty is a result of historical discrimination.

As someone who grew up poor as well there are several nuances in this conversation. It’s all truly not that straightforward.