From what I've seen, it's endemic to every civil rights movement. It depends on whether someone's reaction to the oppression they face is "this is horrible, people like me shouldn't be treated this way," or "this is horrible, nobody should be treated this way." Sadly, the former is pretty common.
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Date: 2012-11-01 03:14 am (UTC)