Imperial friendship itself subordinates allies as racial inferiors

Evidence

And interrupting and outshouting them, the Governor, the voice of experience in the quartet of reform, refusing to let anyone agree or curry favor with him, hashing out ideas as an equal. And, always, sitting apart, knitting, saying nothing until the Governor turned to her and asked, “What do you think, Mrs. M?” the plump, matronly little woman—a woman whose qualities astonished the capital more each day. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 606 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Imperial racism subordinates even allied Muslims to imperial power — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 390; Governing-through-friendship requires an equal partner who will not flatter — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 606; Sentiment accusations against colonized groups enforced racialized hierarchy — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 593 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Governing-through-friendship requires an equal partner who will not flatter #complicates (0.78) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 606