# How should the Pit be changed, if at all?

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**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859 "2021-07-19T23:19:50Z")
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### Author: ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859/746 "2021-08-27T10:15:11Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> “Minority group” doesn’t just mean “not the majority”.

Well sure. It’s about power. Being in the majority generally does give you advantages, but in some cases it’s a minority who have more power - for example, the very rich who can buy political representation the rest of us don’t get.

> [@MrDibble](#):
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> It’s a personal attack on all real minorities, when it’s used to claim minority-hood by non-minorities. It’s the abled parking in the handicapped zone, or Rachel Dolezal pretending to be Black.

No, those are bad analogies. It’s like someone disagreeing on what disabilities should qualify someone for parking in the handicapped zone, or who should count as black for whatever reason.

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