plantation mentality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Referring to US plantations historically tended by teams of slaves.

Noun[edit]

plantation mentality (plural plantation mentalities)

  1. A mentality according to which an organization or society is divided into a ruling elite and a class of workers treated as inferior, especially along racial lines.
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