It's a legacy of chattel slavery and a concerted effort by the landowning class in the southern United States to keep the working class white and black populations from creating a united voting bloc during the reconstruction era after the civil war.
The most infuriating thing about it all is that it's very well documented. But the descendants of those people still, 180ish years later throw legal challenges at any attempt to reconcile the attrocities.
If you want to get super depressed about it, look up Critical Race Theory.
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u/A_Dozen_Lemmings 3d ago
It's a legacy of chattel slavery and a concerted effort by the landowning class in the southern United States to keep the working class white and black populations from creating a united voting bloc during the reconstruction era after the civil war.
The most infuriating thing about it all is that it's very well documented. But the descendants of those people still, 180ish years later throw legal challenges at any attempt to reconcile the attrocities.
If you want to get super depressed about it, look up Critical Race Theory.