I would love to look at it through the lense of individual context. Always will for individual crimes and such . But sadly when playing the group identity game ( well what if it's black or white ) I'm not willing to do the same. Too many variables. Does the historical context matter in terms of relatively recent arrivals to USA.
Slightly more than 2 million immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa lived in the United States in 2018. While this population remains small, representing just 4.5 percent of the country’s 44.7 million immigrants, it is a rapidly growing one. Between 2010 and 2018, the sub-Saharan African population increased by 52 percent, significantly outpacing the 12 percent growth rate for the overall foreign-born population during that same period.
I don't see history and context mattering to those born recently or recently arrived to the USA. Has nothing to do with skin colour. But attaching all those things uniformly to anyone " black " is common.
For me equality is treating people equally. Regardless of pigment/ heritage/ religion historical injustices etc. I'd tear shreds of anyone who tried to use well the Japanese ( insert race religion here ) did x as a example as to why different standards are used. The past is ugly and brutal for the vast majority of people on this earth. To me it should bare no relevance on how we treat and discuss things now. Except in the context of history. ( if that's the discussion)
I completely get your point tho. But as I said I don't feel it's going to help things get to equality. Group identity/ pigment is a waste of time imo
