.... ...Strangely, it is not just the group thats favored that continues to reinforce these dysfunctions, but also members of the group thats discriminated against. The reason for this is mainly the same as in racially imbalanced communities; Bullies who are members of the oppressed group cant bully those in the favored group, so they bully those in their own group instead, helping the oppression process. Also, Controllers in the oppressed group often use the present imbalanced hierarchy for personal agendas and gain, either on a personal (catty) level, or on a material level. On top of that, those who are insecure, fearful, or resentful often project inferiority and weakness onto other members of their own group, contributing to the cultural false belief that the oppressed group is indeed inferior to the favored group. Imbalanced power in a culture or community is usually either accomplished by extremely dysfunctional violent and threatening behavior by members of the group that seeks control over the other, or through passed on cultural fairy tales about who is capable of what, and who is not capable of it, and rationalizations about who is entitled to control and power. refulgentcoleman.blogspot/2014/06/imbalance-of-power-in-culture.html
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