Europe vs America

no one....sorry

An interesting viewpoint you have...

There is probably some truth to the concept that American materialism breeds some of these occurences.  We like to think of ourselves as more advanced than most everyone else, but racial overtones cloud a lot of what we do. 

It's ironic that our neighbors to the south Mexico have comparable racial problems as well. 

I don't know how that perception can change.

It's one of those situations that I understand but struggle with the words to explain it.

There is a tendency to remain separate from mainstream society for groups who came to a place not by choice, even if the arrival happened a long time ago.  Unlike other populations in American history, persons of African descent came by force, and we've failed to indoctrine them into society the way other groups have been accepted.  Even if some of it is self-inflicted, as a whole it isn't fair towards black people and I think that sucks.

Our media does a lot to contribute to this in my opinion, because a lot of times people are just being people, and in all fairness certain actions would take place irregardless of color. 

To paint any one group of people with a broad brushstroke is probably not reflective of society as a