If they cared about being there they would not be pushed to the side.
Make your life easy or make your life hard. Its all up to you.
At school? Yes, you are right. In the work force? I think they have less power there and actually can be pushed aside by the Latino community. Out here in Cali, at least, Latinos have the numbers to create their own strata in the work force, and Blacks don't have the clout to combat it.