There was that old house Negro and the field Negro

from Malcolm X – The House Negro and the Field Negro on Rap Genius

Meaning

White masters would try to brainwash “house negroes” to act as the slave masters for “field negroes” by giving them better meals etc.

Similarly, the Nazis used the Greek Jews to run the concentration camps like Auschwitz

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