"Quand les gens s'habituent au traitement préférentiel le traitement égal semble être une discrimination"
— Thomas Sowell
Simplified Meaning:
When someone gets used to receiving special favors or advantages over others, they may start to feel unhappy when they are simply treated the same as everyone else. Imagine a student in school who always gets extra help from the teacher, more than other students. If one day the teacher decides to help everyone equally, that student could feel like they are being treated unfairly. It’s not that the teacher is being mean or unfair, but just that the student got accustomed to special treatment. To avoid feeling like this, it’s important to appreciate fair treatment and understand that equal treatment is not the same as being treated unfairly. This thinking helps in understanding fairness and appreciating equality in daily interactions, be it at work, school, or in personal relationships.