Spoilers Star Wars: Andor season 2

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I think it was also helpful because the whole Ghorm storyline showed how the Empire didn't actually have any problem with the Ghorms, just they happened to live on a planet the Empire wanted to strip-mine, so it was time to take advantage of existing bigotry and massively amplify it. A lot of modern narratives about identities from fascist or fascist-sympathizer groups centre on "Oh but these are BAD people!" and the Ghorm storyline showed how constructed that sort of narrative is, and disconnected from reality. But also how when that narrative is being pushed, maybe you need to stick together (or arguably, maybe even that won't help you, another valid lesson you could take is "If a fascist government starts talking smack about your ethno-cultural group, get the hell out of dodge!").

I think that's an important aspect - the Ghorm werent't singled out for their species/race/culture. They wanted their planet, if they had been a group of space-baseball fanatics that enjoy beer, they probably would have found a way to instrumentalize them for a campaign, too. The narrative isn't grounded in anything meaningful, it's a cover.
Though in case of real minorities, sometimes the cover isn't for something something out of that group specificially, other than having a target for hatred, a method to rile people up that you can expand later, and justifying goverment overreach and intrusive policies. (For example, It's not like the LGBTQ community is sitting on kalkite or oil reserves...)

Of course, the Ghorm being singled out causes them to rally together. Getting the hell out of dodge isn't really a good option if it's your home planet, but finding allies might be an option. But when Mon Mothma offered support, they (or at least their senator) were so fearful of angering their enemies that they rejected. We'll never know if Mon's initiative could have stopped anything (probably not - but in-universe, they will probably forever wonder if they missed their best chance, and in the real world, nothing is ever as clear-cut, I think.)