While that may be a factor at times it goes back before race was a relevant factor due to local homogenized scope and "white" as a construct not existing yet.

While that may be a factor at times it goes back before race was a relevant factor due to local homogenized scope and "white" as a construct not existing yet. Look at medieval poaching laws from hunting being an aristocratic privledge. Poaching has been considered villainous in the past and present for completely different reasons. A "rich playground" aspect has long been there and that isn't limited to even the West. It is a warrior elite among agrarians thing really.