The history of the relationships between the U.S. government and Native American populations is a clear demonstration of cultural bias.  “Might makes right” conquered frontiers, and it destroyed the cultural and social continuity of almost all native populations.  Today, those who have a social and cultural conscience wonder how to equalize those disparities. 
 
The history of violent and unremorseful acquisition of Native American lands is obvious, as is the criminal harvesting of African tribes for slaves for the Americas and Europe.  There is no going back to undo what has been done.  The history of signatory, tenuous and superficial compensation is a shameful history, especially for immigrants who came to America after having suffered the same from Tsars, Kaisers, Princes, Kings, Dukes and dictators.  History again repeats itself, even in a democracy.
  
Those who have struggled in agency meetings and conferences, minority action groups, and department strategy meetings know already that the cultural measures of equality are inadequate.  There has never been a conscientious and effective effort to truly balance the values of destroyed societies with the ones that remain.  There simply has been no adequate measure for doing so!  Can equality be legislated from the position of those in despair or from the position of the dominant society?  Neither is adequate.  Both are biased.  

In such difficult situations, the fair position is that which supports the common good of all, a position that is neutral and yet compassionate for all.  That position emanates from the three values that have supported our species for tens of thousands of years.  Those values urge us to ask, “What policies are needed to generate a developmental progression that results in a higher quality of life for each minority?”  “Who would be given the task to write that progression?”  Obviously, it must be the minority, based on their interpretations for a higher quality of life that does not decrease the quality of life of anyone else.  We must also ask, “What policies and resources are needed to support the exploration of the latent potential within the population of this minority, so that individuals grow?”  Lastly, “What are the minimal standards needed to fulfill the quest for cultural equality for each minority, compared to the dominant majority population?”  In the end, equality will only be achievable when these three values are used to weigh the scales of quality of life and growth in all societies.