The history of America is not credible without examining the enduring influence of white supremacy as both an ideology and a political plot. At its core, ideology has historically pursued two objectives. First, it promoted the belief that white people occupied a superior position within society. Second, and perhaps more as a deceitful and delusional strategy, it sought to convince poor and working-class white Americans that they shared a common destiny with wealthy white elites. Despite they often suffered the same economic hardships experienced by Black Americans and other marginalized groups.
