On the basis of very special combinations, however, there may also emerge the impression and the feeling that the whole group is superordinate. Thus, Spanish pride and contempt of labor stemmed from the fact that for a long time the Spaniards used the subjugated Moors as laborers. When they later destroyed the Moors (and expelled the Jews), they yet retained the air of superordinates, although there no longer were any corresponding subordinates.

Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simm…, loc. 6707