Racism rests upon and functions as a kind of seesaw: the persecutor rises by debasing and inferiorizing his victim. (Albert Memmi)

Racism rests upon and functions as a kind of seesaw: the persecutor rises by debasing and inferiorizing his victim.

Albert Memmi

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