Oppressed groups consistently reject the privileges claimed on their behalf

Evidence

What is troubling is that by a stubborn perversity—undoubtedly linked to original sin—across centuries and countries, the people who have the best part always shout to their benefactors: It’s too much! I’ll settle for yours! But the magnanimous capitalists, the generous colonialists, the superb males persist: Keep the best part, keep it! — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1972