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In the slavery era, the jobs outlook for poor white men was so bad (why hire ppl when you can just force enslaved people to work)
that if you were a poor white woman looking for a partner or paying customer…you were often better off dating outside your own demographic.
In the slavery era, the jobs outlook for poor white men was so bad (why hire ppl when you can just force enslaved people to work)
that if you were a poor white woman looking for a partner or paying customer…you were often better off dating outside your own demographic.
https://twitter.com/SnavelyBrent/status/1643281187576610819
And US demographics reflect that. As OP notes, this was his maternal line.
Since this is twitter, to reiterate: this is about the many poor white women who _didn't own people_ preferring Indigenous &/or enslaved Black men, bc they were often better providers than poor white men.
Since this is twitter, to reiterate: this is about the many poor white women who _didn't own people_ preferring Indigenous &/or enslaved Black men, bc they were often better providers than poor white men.
Some slaveowning plantation mistresses forced enslaved men into sex, which is very very bad.
AND broke white women traded sex for hominy, venison, & food enslaved people grew in their own gardens.
That hurts nobody. But it's so scary to white supremacists that it impacted laws.
AND broke white women traded sex for hominy, venison, & food enslaved people grew in their own gardens.
That hurts nobody. But it's so scary to white supremacists that it impacted laws.
Needless to say, "some poor white women might prefer men of color over white men for totally valid economic (and let's be real, probably personality) reasons" really didn't sit well with the white men!
It actually explains a lot about US: things like the one-drop rule, anti-miscegenation laws, residential segregation, etc.
Not to get out of pocket here but it also probably helps explain some elements of race play. : /
Not to get out of pocket here but it also probably helps explain some elements of race play. : /
some people will literally invent a racist fetish & keep it going for decades/centuries after the conditions that created it
rather than fix their economy, pass civil rights, or go to therapy
rather than fix their economy, pass civil rights, or go to therapy
Anyway if you want more on how poor white women didn't automatically prefer white men during the slavery era, and how that made white men ~panique~, once again Masterless Men by @KeriLeighMerrit is a great resource.
This is all to say that the idea that poor white southerners have some kind of Racism Gene that is simply missing from better, more enlightened whites
is WILDLY out of touch with how actual people have lived their lives in real-life US history.
is WILDLY out of touch with how actual people have lived their lives in real-life US history.
Like. If poor whites already hated Black people so much, why did the South's ruling class decide they needed segregation laws
fuckin. just think about it for a second people
fuckin. just think about it for a second people
again since this is twitter, #notallwhitemen
I simply suspect, based on the society they built, that the white men of the antebellum south had some IMMACULATE neuroses, narcissistic tendencies, and control issues
you can't blame a bitch for deciding to steer clear of that
I simply suspect, based on the society they built, that the white men of the antebellum south had some IMMACULATE neuroses, narcissistic tendencies, and control issues
you can't blame a bitch for deciding to steer clear of that
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