Racial stratification is reproduced by people of color themselves, not only white elites

Evidence

The portrait that has come into focus is that of racially stratified societies in which persons of color are actively participating in the naturalization and reproduction of the racial order. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3585

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ piece’s theme of subordinate groups internalizing dominant norms; also resonates with Du Bois’s double consciousness.
• DEEPTHINKING: A paradigm-shifting claim that replaces elite-centered white-supremacy models with one where subalterns co-produce the racial order - resists easy one-sentence digestion.