Poor Whites more likely to be racists.

[Myrina]

28. divide & conquer ... might be a better way to explain...

After the Civil War, the wealthy set the poor share coppers - black and white - against each other: "he's trying to take what's yours, vote for me". That subliminal message has never been allowed to recede - in fact since the 1960's the rich have amplified it ... now it's the "welfare mama's" & the takers & the "thugs" who are trying to "freeload" off of white people - just ask anyone at Faux .

They do this because they're outnumbered and they know it, and they know the only way to maintain power is to keep poor folk of all colors pointing the finger at each other.

It's not "classist" (well maybe in a different way) but because America has been so built on "respecting authority", poor whites will listen to what benevolent, wealthy white Uncle Bill O'Reilly tells them before they'll stop & think that he's actually perpetuating the problem.