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Eternity · 26-30, M
Because the elites in colonial-days USA were outnumbered by poor uneducated working whites who they regularly mistreated and exploited.
In order to prevent them from massing together and overthrowing them, they subjugated black people for cheap labor and then told the poor uneducated whites that they were better than those black people because they were white.
Now that the uneducated and poor whites had an outlet upon which they could easily visit their rage and frustration at being plebs, they no longer had any reason go direct their aggression at the people who actually deserved it: the elites.
The elites of today employ similar tactics
In order to prevent them from massing together and overthrowing them, they subjugated black people for cheap labor and then told the poor uneducated whites that they were better than those black people because they were white.
Now that the uneducated and poor whites had an outlet upon which they could easily visit their rage and frustration at being plebs, they no longer had any reason go direct their aggression at the people who actually deserved it: the elites.
The elites of today employ similar tactics