Oppression of racialized others primarily serves the wealthy, not ordinary white people

Evidence

As a woman of color born in Puerto Rico and a colonized subject who lived in abject poverty into my late twenties, I have always been convinced that the center of gravity of oppression for those of us deemed as “other” is not simply the psychological aberration of white people toward people of color. Rather, the racialization processes experienced by the oppressed are intractably connected to the manner in which the colonial matrix of power persists in the domination and exploitation of our communities by the wealthy and powerful elite—and enacted, for the most part, by those who are not themselves affluent, but who still chase the false myth of the American Dream in these neoliberal times. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1410

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to chapter 9’s reframing of racism from personal sin to participatory structure. — connects to: Simplest pronunciation differences can mark out groups for mass lethal identification — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 1372; Racial oppression enlists the oppressor’s laboring classes in enforcing rule.; Business elites backed racial moderation primarily to protect profits — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 88 (+3 more)