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Closing the last document she'd pulled up to read on stone masonry, Sakura sighed. She was pretty sure she had everything in place to start on repairs to the damage she'd caused, even if she wasn't sure there was anyone on ship who had a vested interest in caring. If it felt right to her to help remake what she'd unintentionally made a crater in
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Part of him wanted to leave that explanation there, but as he considered her, he figured that simple answer wouldn't be enough. So, welcome to Racism 101, Sakura. Apparently he is old enough to be her teacher.
"Historically, whenever one empire would expand, they would treat the people of any land or culture they conquered as lower class citizens, sometimes reducing them to nothing more than property and selling them off as slaves. Refugees who fled were more often than not seen as barely tolerated but unwelcome guests. By my era, slavery was outlawed through the world, and the major powers strove for social equality between the majority and minority ethnic groups within their borders, but... That sort of attitude could remain as part of the fabric of a society for centuries." There were still parts of the Middle East where he was unwelcome simply because he was born in Krugis. And its not like Turibia could've even attempted their short lived succession from the Union had they not felt the United States were treating them like second class citizens.
"If they were in the minority..." Well, she was smart enough that she could figure out the rest.
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She listened, following his train of thought (thinking she did, at least) past the end of his sentence. Usually she'd parrot back the ending, but this time, she kept it to herself. If this group was in the minority, than the majority attitude would end up being turned on them, potentially unmitigated. Being told you didn't belong, or couldn't be a part of something, based on your cultural heritage.
Not entirely alien, considering how power plays could affect people back home. Entire countries had been destroyed before, and historically, entire clans. Survivors of even small scale destruction were shuffled off to different corners of a country, or the countries surrounding their former home. Some grudges could carry over, some from within a village itself against those in it. Especially when death was involved...
Naruto's childhood hung in the back of her mind, a lonely landscape she really only knew about as she'd gotten older. Entire groups of people, treated like he'd been, for far less reason. Hated for being there, and perhaps seen as an obligation. The guests who never knew enough to leave and go home. (Who might have no home.)
Headache inducing, but finally making sense. "It was that much more evident." She couldn't believe she was faintly troubled by the politics and history of a world that wasn't hers. It was disturbing, if it might be the fact she could see it in the first place that disturbed her most. She was silent for a while longer, thinking, not happy with her thoughts. "Thank you," she said eventually. "For helping to better explain."
Ah, she was back to the needless clarifications.
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She had enough to think about for the time being. Further questions would come later.
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