• Franklin@lemmy.ca
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      7 个月前

      give a man someone to feel superior to and you can take the shirt off his back

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        “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.”

        Basically the motto of the south since the founding.