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by alfredallan1 2911 days ago
You’re conflating two different things - 1) justification and 2) explanation, and with that misinterpreting the gist of my post.

Just because it has a valid explanation doesn’t mean it is just, nor that it should continue. I was trying to give one possible background for why things are they way they are - not the way they should be.

The situation is starting to change, but it simply cannot happen overnight, the best case scenario for sustainable change is a couple of generations of sustained effort from all sides. Look at how the Italian and Irish immigrants went from pariahs to normal. The Chinese have gone from manual labor to solid middle class in 2-3 generations.

And I’d be happy to submit whatever kind of explanation I think might fit the facts of any situation, regardless of group.