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Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
by Ida B. Wells
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
“The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.” - Ida B. Wells
I read this for my Identity in African American Literature course. It was so enlightening and it really shows how history continues to repeat itself. The people who say slavery was "so long ago” need to start acknowledging that the end of legal cattle slavery in the US did not mean the end of racism. It also wasn’t a true end to slavery, but I digress. This country has been terrorizing Black people for centuries and its love of capitalism helps that terrorism continue.
I read this for my Identity in African American Literature course. It was so enlightening and it really shows how history continues to repeat itself. The people who say slavery was "so long ago” need to start acknowledging that the end of legal cattle slavery in the US did not mean the end of racism. It also wasn’t a true end to slavery, but I digress. This country has been terrorizing Black people for centuries and its love of capitalism helps that terrorism continue.