Symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today—embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities.

尽管他们宣称自己象征着国家统一，但正是他们以往的历史——以及现在有时的行为方式——体现了已经过时的、站不住脚的特权和不公平现象。