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When you are in the mainstream population majority or fight your way into respectability and some belonging to that group as upwardly mobile non-whites have been doing for decades now you can choose to ignore less influential groups if you like.
An enlightened manner toward minority peoples provides understanding won of interactions positive and negative so that one can teach nephews, nieces and children about minorities in a holistic way. The old stereotypes are handy but may cause your own children to turn on your myopic biased treatment if entire groups.