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In reply to the discussion: What Causes Poor Uneducated White People To Vote Republican? [View all]This is how the KKK leaders were able to manipulate the white citizens of North Carolina into supporting their cause. The wealthy Caucasians looked down at them as "poor white trash" and made an entire group of people(farmers, wage workers, or working poor) feel inferior. This was used as a ploy to turn their aggression towards a seemingly "inferior" race: the blacks. This group of lower-income Caucasians banded together as a mindset that they were superior to the "uppity negro" in their area, and it was this racial group causing their griefs instead of the upper class robber-baron types who exploited them for every penny. With the new sense of superiority, the "poor whites" felt they had a purpose. Realistically, they were being manipulated by big money as we still see today.