White Supremacy is a team sport. Just like a quarterback may run the offense, he still needs:
- an offensive line
- running back
- wide receivers
Without these, he's is ineffective and unable to properly run an offensive attack. Same way "rich white people" need non-rich white people to perpetuate white supremacy on the ground. Without the non-rich white people to be the administrators of white supremacy, it would fall on its face. The same way the rich white slave owner needed the poor white overseer to physically maintain his plantation system. One cannot work without the other.
Yes, these types work against their own economic and political interest by siding with "rich whites" by supporting policies that will provide no tangible benefit to them and their families. But their overall goal is white supremacy, so they still win. Because under a system of white supremacy, being white is a form of currency and political capital within itself. And they are fully aware of that.
So, these types are not be excused even because they are still part of the team that disenfranchises the black team.
Peace