Prejudiced When Climbing Up or When Falling Down? Why Some People of Color Express Anti-Black Racism | American Political Science Review
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 11, 2025
“[T]he move into mainstream America always means buying into the notion of American blacks as the real aliens.”
—Toni Morrison (Reference Morrison1993)
In America’s racial hierarchy, whites are placed atop the order, with greater power and prestige, whereas minority groups are arrayed below (Masuoka and Junn Reference Masuoka and Junn2013; Sidanius and Pratto Reference Sidanius and Pratto1999; Tajfel and Turner 
