Are slavs in the US treated as disadvantaged minority?

Question

Slavs are significantly poorer maybe even poorer than African Americans.As a slav that is looking to immigrate to the US I am interested if some of the programs that should bring more opportunities to POC also apply to me.I live on $480 a month at the moment.

burntoutfire · Accepted Answer

Americans mostly only care about other Americans (if that) - i.e the "Black lives matter" is just a shortcut for "Black Americans matter" - they don't give a rat's ass about black people living in horrible conditions anywhere else in the world. They certainly don't care about your situation as well.

notahacker · Answer

I don't think you live on $480 a month because some Americans enslaved your distant ancestors and many of them spent the ensuing decades after enforced emancipation everything doing possible to informally preserve the master-slave dynamic...As for the people disadvantaged economically simply by not being born in the United States, there's a billion or two people earning less than you and a lot of them would love to move. So I'd suggest emphasising you've got the skills instead :)

Gibbon1 · Answer

I'm unsure what you mean. Typically Slav's aren't considered to be a minority in the US. There tends not to be any official programs to support POC of color in the US. Most everything is based on economic circumstance. Immigrants except for refugee's typically aren't eligible for much of anything.

giantg2 · Answer

Employers aren't allowed to discriminate against you based on your national origin. But I don't think your nationality will fit in any of the diversity measures that companies are looking at. They mostly focus on gender, ethnicity, and maybe religion or sexual orientation.Assuming you are a white male, there will not be any special initiatives for you. If you are female, there are some additional opportunities depending on the company.