Begging for a Place

Question (not actually on my Q & A because I have no copy of it, the only digital copy is on the computer at work as such, I will substitute a more generic question): Does society actually want equality?

In our contemporary society, we do not actually support equality. Equal rights, in fact, hardly exist and most equality that we think that we have is only feigned to be so. Our society still supports racism and sexism. Our idea of giving someone equal rights is to force them into assimilation. You can be equal with us as long as you agree to conform to our societal rules. Unfortunately, the minorities often agree to this, and then battle and unify in order to keep their culture.  Equal rights should equate to being able to be different, act different and so on, with that having no apparent effect on how well you can live. You should not be forced into assimilating to the rules of the society that is currently in control.

Equal rights for gays, for instance, in the minds of many equates to allowing them to join the institution of marriage previously preserved for heterosexual/heteroromantic couples. I, personally, think that this is the wrong sort of move, though I have no better suggestions.

Most fights for equal rights equate to the minority begging for a place in the majority society. The majority society eventually grudgingly accepts the minority into the society but moves on to subtly make the distinction apparent. So that they will never actually be treated equal.