This reminds me of the line from The Godfather when the New York mob families are getting into the drug trade, discussing the distastefulness of the business, "

This reminds me of the line from The Godfather when the New York mob families are getting into the drug trade, discussing the distastefulness of the business, "In my city, we would keep the traffic in the dark people - the colored. They're animals anyway, so let them lose their souls." It's much easier to profit of someone else's suffering if you convince yourself of their inhumanity or otherness.