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re: Watching Roots and its making me sick
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:31 am to udtiger
Posted on 2/18/13 at 12:31 am to udtiger
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Read Time on the Cross.
Most historians consider this work to be outdated, mainly due to its use of cliometrics (basically using science to measure history), as in measuring the happiness of a slave based on his output and/or rations.
The Peculiar Institution by Kenneth Stamp is a far superior work, as it debunks many of the racist myths about American slavery and blacks in general, like that blacks broke their tools because they were too stupid to operate them (they were in fact engaging in a form of passive resistance).
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Posted on 2/18/13 at 1:38 am to Jayre
quote:
Read Time on the Cross.
Most historians consider this work to be outdated, mainly due to its use of cliometrics (basically using science to measure history), as in measuring the happiness of a slave based on his output and/or rations.
It is embarrassing to see people still point to that book given how completely it seems to have been discredited within a couple years of its release more than 30 years ago:
LINK
And it is a weird regional hobby of some white people in the South to latch onto things like "Time on the Cross" with great interest
Posted on 2/18/13 at 7:17 am to Jayre
quote:I would argue that both situations occurred. Non-slaves still break their tools out of stupidity today.
like that blacks broke their tools because they were too stupid to operate them (they were in fact engaging in a form of passive resistance).
But I suppose those are racist myths that actually happen everyday.
Posted on 2/18/13 at 8:47 am to Jayre
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The Peculiar Institution by Kenneth Stamp
I've read it. It is a good book.
There's also The Political Economy of Slavery by Eugene Genovese.
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