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CMV: Minorities shouldn’t get special treatment due to their predecessors being oppressed.

Growing up in Oklahoma, the main minority that gets benefits based on ethnicity is Native Americans. There’s Indian education, where as long as your registered as a Native, you participated in special events, some related to their culture, most events were not, and the students were given items just for passing a test. I’m not talking about like, pencils or small little knick knacks. They would give iPods, TVs, and other very valuable and expensive items to these kids just for doing what was expected of every other student. 

My neighbor is a member of the predominate tribe where I live, and due to his ancestors, he pays $7 a month for his rent, while having a truck that would take me months to save up for.

This isn’t even mentioning the various financial aid/scholarships that goes into colleges. If there was a scholarship that only goes to white people, there would be outrage over it. 

I understand that there is still racism in America, and still oppression, but I don’t believe that it’s significant enough to warrant this kind of special treatment. I believe that with all of the previous resources given to these people, and the amount of time that has passed since the widespread oppression occurred, the pseudo-favoritism shouldn’t occur at all. 

Hopefully this doesn’t come across as racist or anything similar, but it’s a viewpoint I’ve had and I would love to hear other opinions on it, and if there’s evidence that all of these additional resources are justified.
gpt
Native Americans are not getting things "due to their ancestors being oppressed." They're getting things as a member of sovereign nations that made treaties with the US government, which were pretty much constantly broken, and because their tribes sovereignly own businesses like casinos which subsidize their lives. You don't complain about people in Alaska getting a per capita petroleum payment, do you?

Reparations/Affirmative action is a separate conversation from what you're raising about First Nations people.