[thesloppy]

Originally Posted by tarcone

But they had an opportunity to break out and make their own way. You know "Go West, young man"?

People made their own ways. They were given the opportunity too.

Play your whoa is me card all night. And that is why some people are where they are. They want the government to live their lives for them.

But not everyone is built that way. Some people hike up their big boy pants and make something of themselves.

...'some people' were constitutionally prohibited from owning land or even residing within the state, by the local population, governance and legislation of those freedom loving Western states.

https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/
Chinese Exclusion Act - Wikipedia
Racial Restrictive Covenants