It would be hard to overstate the influence of this experience on the mind of the South*. For one thing, it meant that the white South was, in effect, a garrison state. White Southerners lived in close proximity to a large population they routinely abused, terrorized and defiled. Fear of black violence and revolt is a constant theme of white society before and after the Civil War. The South’s noisily martial version of patriotism has its roots here, as does the region’s love affair with guns. And there are obvious connections between these facts and its stubborn embrace of patriarchy and misogyny.In an astouding coincidence, it has come to our attention that some of the most popular items at WingNutDelusions concern "black mobs":
(Editor’s note: Colin Flaherty has done more reporting than any other journalist on what appears to be a nationwide trend of skyrocketing black-on-white crime, violence and abuse. WND features these reports to counterbalance the virtual blackout by the rest of the media due to their concerns that reporting such incidents would be inflammatory or even racist. WND considers it racist not to report racial abuse solely because of the skin color of the perpetrators or victims.)Read that last sentence again, thinkers. Let the words roll around on your mental tongue & savor the hypocrisy involved in conceptualizing & then publishing such a statement. Also: "Racial abuse?" Could be almost anything. (If WND has a Lynch Mob Desk as well, we apologize. No? O.K. then.)
*Assumes capacity & ability not in evidence.
In the history of the Americas everyone, including the original settlers, came here from somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteOf all of those people only one major group* was brought here in chains.
We will continue to pay for that evil for a long time.
*Yes, other, smaller groups were brought here in chains. Not the same thing.