Consider this: Poverty and intolerance reinforce one another. Where resources are scarce, competition increases, which frequently manifests as xenophobia or hostility toward out-groups. In turn, oppressed populations are condemned to under-resourced environments, perpetuating vast inequities in power, status, and economic mobility.
As well as: Black families in the U.S. have about one-twentieth the wealth of their White peers on average. For every dollar of wealth in White families, the corresponding wealth in Black households is five cents. Wealth inequality is not a function of work ethic or work hour difference between groups. Rather, the widening gap between the affluent and the poor can be linked to unjust policies and practices that favor the wealthy.
Sadly it seems tolerance is a luxury, reserved to high living standards. The lower the living standards, the higher the focus on survival of the fittest, which comes with ostracizing outliers to make yourself feel better.
It's human psychology:
The Psychology of Scarcity: When resources are scarce, competition increases. Groups enforce conformity to ensure unity, and outliers are viewed as resource drains or threats to the group's survival.
Shifting the Blame: Marginalized individuals and communities—those with low socioeconomic status (SES)—face disproportionately higher rates of ostracism. Targeting outliers acts as a defense mechanism, shifting the focus away from systemic hardships toward individual shortcomings.
But while that can explain 3rd world countries attitudes towards marginalized groups, it's no excuse for wealthy evangelicals trying to push their 'hatred' of outliers.
Anyway the solution is equality (and not just equality on paper, in practice) not ostracizing entire groups. That only reinforces the attitudes you want to change. Structural / systemic racism remain deeply entrenched in modern society, reinforced by blaming entire groups for being less tolerant to towards outliers.
In this case I agree with Justin Trudeau
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/combatting-racism-discrimination/canada-anti-racism-strategy.html
Much better strategy than blaming people for human nature. Those pushing hatred on marginalized groups need to be addressed as well.
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