There are several common misconceptions about racial discrimination. The first is that discrimination causes poverty. There is no way that this is true because there are too many counter examples. These include the Chinese in Southeast Asia, the Italians in Argentina, the Armenians, the Jews, etc. During WWII, American citizens of Japanese decent were placed in concentration camps, yet they were earning 1/3 more income per household by 1969. Another unfounded claim states that statistical disparities prove racial discrimination. Statistics that “prove” this are not actually comparing like people. The numbers are showing that apples and pineapples are not the same thing. These statistics do not compare people of different races in the same economic situation, with the same geographic distribution, and with the same education. If those numbers were compared, then there would be practically no differences at all. Lastly, people foolishly believe that politics are the key to end racial discrimination. As proven by the Chinese, Germans, and Jews, politics have nothing to do with discrimination. All of these groups avoided politics like the plague, yet every one of them prospered (as a whole). Meanwhile, the Irish came over to the US and dove into politics. They failed to do well until they withdrew from politics. These are a few of the more common misconceptions about racial discrimination.