"And rich white people were not so hard on Negroes; it was the poor whites who hated Negroes. They hated Negroes because they didn't have their share of the money."
I don't know whether this would be paradoxical, but if it is, then that's the reason I picked it. It reminds me of the Proles from 1984. The Proles would never become conscious until they rebelled, and until they rebelled they would never become conscious. Here, the rich whites weren't that hard on blacks, but the poor whites were only because they didn't have the blacks' money. They hate the blacks now because they want the blacks' money, but once they get the money, they'll be rich whites and won't be so hard on the blacks.
Do we ever meet Bessie?
Do you think there's a story behind Mr. and Mrs. Dalton's interest in blacks?
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