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Slaves often serve as a reference point for social standing in society. If you can push the bar lower, you can effectively raise your own position. I also imagi
by ben_jones 9y ago
Slaves often serve as a reference point for social standing in society. If you can push the bar lower, you can effectively raise your own position. I also imagine the standard appeal of bullying others and holding power over others played a role.
Just to be clear I think this behavior is abhorrent, this is just my attempt to understand the mindset.
- beat 9y agoThat's the attitude that maintained Jim Crow in the south (and still maintains anti-black racism today). "We may be poor white trash, but at least we aren't black". (Black isn't the word that would be used, though)
- ktRolster 9y agoWhen you look down on other people, you inevitably look down on yourself.