Techincally, Asians ***did*** arrive earlier but you have missed the point, Dickey... They weren't part of European colonization of America... This is an important point and cannot bwe lightly dismissed with loopholes...

The reality is that Asians came long, long after Africans... Long after... The point is that on the time line every wave of immigrants prior to the Hispanics have been assimilated except...

... African Americans...

As for racism, it isn't just a southern problem... It is a national problem and the sooner that our nation owns up to it and makes the necessary corrections the better for our status as a civilized nation of just law...

B~