other minority groups may do well in part precisely because they are not black - they are not subject to the same prejudices and stereotypes. Minorities are not

other minority groups may do well in part precisely because they are not black - they are not subject to the same prejudices and stereotypes. Minorities are not fungible entities, especially not in the US, where the primary social distinction is better characterized as "black v. nonblack", rather than he more common "black v white", which obscures a lot of very subtle social stratification. Additionally, recent immigrants do not suffer from a lot of the entrenched negative network effects hindering the black community. Being free of your underperforming network of kin in a society that labels you as 'other' rather than 'danger' is actually advantageous.