Why does character matter when it comes to oppressed minorities?

[Behind the Aegis]

9. It has always been like this.

If a minority does good or is the "first", then they are called out by some to the tune of "why does it matter". Others will praise them, but it is backhanded in someways in that it is more of "See? There are good ones!". There are those, of course, who recognize the importance of a minority succeeding or being first, sadly, IMO, they seem to be fading fast.

When a minority does "bad", of course, it is a representation of ALL minorities in that group, and said members are attacked, called to repudiate the "bad one", or some other set of parlor games in order to appease the majority and their dingleberry hangers-on.