Immigrants as scapegoats

[GMDino]

Sure money and power and birthright can give anyone "privilege".

But that privilege then extends to those like them.

Poor whites in America's south believed they are/were above poor blacks because whites are better than blacks because "what black country every produced anything."



And in other countries it might be other races, but very few countries have a less homogenous citizenry than the US does.

But the beauty of the privilege is that even if you can't blame another race you can blame another religion...or any "difference" that will get the rabble, who think that they too are superior by virtue being like those in power, to care more about the mexican/Catholic/black/Muslim being the reason for their problems than the people in power.

We all agree there is privilege embedded in certain group within this country (and others).  We just disagree on why that matters and what it means for the rest of the people in this country.