The narcissism-of-minor-differences concept has been revived to explain racism

Evidence

In this perspective there has been renewed interest in Freud’s notion of a “narcissism of minor differences.” In a famous passage in his paper Freud commented: every time two families become connected by marriage each of them thinks itself superior to the other. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1382

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The uncanny in racism arises from the Other within the self — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1397; Racism recruits fragmented narcissistic personalities into oceanic oneness with the racial mass — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1417

Broader Connections

• The uncanny in racism arises from the Other within the self #expands (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1397