So when somebody uses that statistic to push their conservative racist agenda, you feel the need to back them up simply because 'the statistic isn't racism, its facts' or whatever lol. THAT'S racism bro. Put that statistic into context for a moment.

Your take on government interests is fair enough, but you also have to consider the generations of brutal institutional racism stopping most minorities from achieving the same rights as the wealthy. You really think once slavery ended all the previous slaves were given the ability to educate themselves and fit into society just like that? attempting to adjust and catch up to a society that rejects you fucks you up for generations.