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by joe_the_user
5985 days ago
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...it is naive for individuals to assume that someone else would protect/fight for their rights. When you say "someone else" in this sentence, you have to mean someone different. I disagree. I believe someone with a different skin color or a different culture would fight for me and protect my rights. It's a matter of the individuals and their values, not their cultural origins. |
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I mean someone not part of the cultural, language or national grouping.
> I disagree. I believe someone with a different skin color or a different culture would fight for me and protect my rights
That may be a nice sentiment, but historically this has not happened (you also conflate skin colour with ethnic, cultural and language identity). Probably the best example where “other people” did not fight for a certain group’s rights is language rights.
In Eastern Europe, many Russians are finding their language and identity marginalised.
Tibet is another example where the majority does not protect the language, religious and cultural rights of a minority.
Other historic examples are the Basque in Spain, Pigmies in the DRC, Tamils in Sri Lanka, people of Chinese ancestry in Malaysia, Kurds in Turkey, etc…