Indeed! Bullying, harassing, trolling, terrorizing, and killing, are the only powers they have over the marginalized.
You're saying much of what WEB DuBois claimed in his writings:
The "psychological wages of whiteness" is a secondary mechanism that perpetuates racial inequality. It's a form of compensation that's bound to being categorized as "not-black". The value of whiteness depends on the devaluation of Black existence.
Du Bois believed that the racial caste system in the United States was due to the "sadistic" enjoyment of white people.
He believed that white people had a "proprietary orientation" toward the planet and toward Black people.