Trinidad’s Black middle class sought equality with the white oligarchy

Evidence

The distribution of privilege and advantage in a racially determinant society frustrated their larger vision: the achievement of equality with the white oligarchy, the acquisition of power. Like their counterparts among Black petit bourgeoisie elsewhere, they resented the arbitration to which the belief in Black inferiority assigned them. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1161

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trinidad’s Black middle class mimicked white hierarchy yet faced an absolute caste ceiling — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1166; Trinidad’s colored and Black middle classes alone remained discontent despite prosperity — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1157; Radical white ideology offers colonized elites equality with their oppressors (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Trinidad’s Black middle class mimicked white hierarchy yet faced an absolute caste ceiling — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1166; Trinidad’s colored and Black middle classes alone remained discontent despite prosperity — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1157; Radical white ideology offers colonized elites equality with their oppressors (+1 more)