Ludwig von Mises on the treatment of minorities in a nation state

Because of the enormous power that today stands at the command of the state, a national minority must expect the worst from a majority of a different nationality.  As long as the state is granted the vast powers which it has today and which public opinion considers to be its right, the thought of having to live in a state whose government is in the hands of members of a foreign nationality is positively terrifying.  It is frightful to live in a state in which at every turn one is exposed to persecution - masquerading under the guise of justice - by a ruling majority.  It is dreadful to be handicapped even as a child in school on account of one's nationality and to be in the wrong before every judicial and administrative authority because one belongs to a national minority.

~ Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism, p. 141

1927

Carla Harris on venture capital funds going to women and minorities

There was about $3.8 billion that were allocated to black and hispanic founders last year [2020].  That number was $11 billion this year [2021].  Now the amount of VC dollars distributed also skyrocketed, and with respect to women, while the percentage was down, the absolute amount went up.  It was $3.8 billion and change that was allocated to female founders last year [2020].  That number was over $6 billion this year [2021]: only 2%, but the absolute dollars is something we need to pay attention to.  Slowly but surely, it's starting to penetrate.

~ Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley senior client advisor, Bloomberg TV interview, February 1, 2022

Vasko Kohlmayer on the false narrative of Western oppression of minorities

Here is another politically correct lie: In Western democracies minorities are oppressed. To every reasonable person the falsity of this is immediately evident. Rather than being oppressed, racial minorities in the United States and most western countries enjoy more protections and privileges than the majority. This is exactly the reason why minorities from non-western societies are so eager to come and live in western societies. So much so that we have to expand considerable efforts and resources to keep them out for fear of being overrun. Conversely, we do not see minorities living in Western democracies running away from their oppression to live in those wonderful non-Western cultures and societies of which multiculturalists are so fond. Why do you think this is? The reality of the situation and the behavior of people themselves completely disprove the official PC narrative. Any intimations of the obvious, however, immediately draws the ire of the politically correct organs and can result in prompt cancellation.

~ Vasko Kohlmayer, "The Aim of Social Justice Movement is Subversion of Core Western Values," LewRockwell.com, August 31, 2020