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> underestimating how much marginalized communities distrust communities outside of their own. Black people do not trust that if Asian students go to Harvard and gain positions of power that those adults will protect their interests. They want their own in those positions.

I can't adopt this level of cynicism, or else I'd have to conclude that multi-ethnic societies are doomed to fall apart like Yugoslavia, or remain together using synthetic means like the Lebanese National Pact⁰, which specifies power sharing with agreements like

* The Prime Minister of the Republic always be a Sunni Muslim.

* The Speaker of the Parliament always be a Shia Muslim.

* The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and the Deputy Prime Minister always be Greek Orthodox Christian.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pact