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Originally Posted by Kitchissippi
I think you have blown my original comment way out of context, which was that of SJAM's Canada circa late 1800s. If you were a white male at that time, the "norms" surrounding his policies were perfectly fine. if you were indigenous, or Chinese brought to build his railway (aka "The Canadian Dream"), not so much. If you were a woman, you had no say.
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Sure, during Macdonald's time, in Canada, white males (really, it was those of British origin) had the power.
In other parts of the world at that same time, the in-group of those Chinese labourers would have been on top of the heap. And acted much the same way. Or worse.