Posted by Patrick on Monday, April 26, 2010 at 10:48pm.
Social oppression:
"The systematic, socially supported mistreatment and exploitation of a group or category of people by another."
http://www.webref.org/sociology/s/social_oppression.htm
Yes, social oppression has often been imposed by poor whites on poor blacks.
Years ago when I lived in an all-white, low-rent apartment complex, my neighbor's disdain for blacks was strong. I felt that my neighbors had to feel superior to someone -- and the blacks were lower in the social hierarchy.
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