Irish immigrants, Italian immigrants, and also Jewish immigrants, Chinese immigrants (anti-racists don’t like to speak about this folks), and Indians immigrants (which are now joining the suite) – all of these people were initially “at the bottom of the social ladder” for numerous reasons, some of these reasons were common for all of them, some were unique for each immigrant wave. What they all have in common? They overcome the problems, and now these people are decent and respectable parts of our society.
The clue is that these people were not focused on changing rules, they played their “life game” following existing rules, which are finally the rules of free market (God bless America!), and they succeed.
The progressists are addressing the people who fail to follow the rules of free market. Moreover, they don’t even try to help these people to use these rules. They are trying to “protect” these failed people instead. The goal is to become a “Big Brother” (oh, a very kind “Big Brother”) for “wretched, poor people” who are unable to climb up the “social ladder” on their own... That’s why the progressists are never interested in Jews and Chinese immigrants, because they don’t need supervision and “help”, they don’t need “Big Brother”.
Modern progressist movement, BLM, CRT – this is not about racism, this is not about justice (and even not about “social justice”), this is about power. These folks will newer share the power with “the protected minorities” if they succeed in gaining the power.