I don't think anything was intended, it just happened due to historical facts. US in the meantime invented its own class systems - income/wealth you have, university you went to etc.
And of course skin color in the past that it still struggles to shed off (every US person of asian origin I've met while backpacking complained to me how its great the progress black minority receives, but they feel left behind and much more exposed to racism).
People really don't need much to look down on different others, I'd say its still part of human nature.
every US person of asian origin I've met while backpacking complained to me how its great the progress black minority receives, but they feel left behind and much more exposed to racism
Is there any group in the US who doesn't feel, on average, that they are the most discriminated-against?
Most of the people of Asian origin I've met have been happy that the civil rights fought for mainly by black Americans before them helped them as well. This is an economic class issue. Lower class people of any race are more likely to hate other races and blame them (and other people generally) for their problems.
And of course skin color in the past that it still struggles to shed off (every US person of asian origin I've met while backpacking complained to me how its great the progress black minority receives, but they feel left behind and much more exposed to racism).
People really don't need much to look down on different others, I'd say its still part of human nature.