OK maybe I’m dumb, but could you expand just a bit on the meaning of the phrase “a self-limiting mental category.”
Here is a guess. By accepting the worldview that I am a victim and therefore deserving of many benefits, I am accepting a passive role in life. Things happen to me, I don’t make things happen. Among other things, that makes getting an education a ‘white thing’ so I remain unread and innumerate. My worldview is what I see around me and what I see on TV. But this is essentially a choice I make. So the mentality is very self-limiting in life due to bad choices I make regarding education, recreation and work.