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If I've learned anything from growing up in the South, it's that having both poor white people and poor black people makes it much easier for those in power to
by munificent 7y ago
If I've learned anything from growing up in the South, it's that having both poor white people and poor black people makes it much easier for those in power to convince both groups that the other is the source of all of their problems instead of it being the rich and powerful.
Classic divide and conquer.
- toomuchtodo 7y ago“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.” — Lyndon B. Johnson
- solotronics 7y agoLBJ was a scourge on the nation. You would be suprised how many people from Texas despise him. There is a well documented trail of bodies his political career left and its likely he was involved in the JFK assasination.
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- erdos4d 7y agoThis is still 100% true today, especially in the US south.