White Supremacy was Gone With The Wind in 1864?
One must effectively address a crucial point in the development of the United States that exists in the complexities and legacy of slavery with its attached component of white supremacy. Poor whites could not afford slaves as the price for just one was exorbitant (roughly $600 during a specific time frame). Most Whites could not afford slaves so their path to becoming “gentlemen” of the slave owning class was blocked. However, the desire to own slaves was strong, and this was the powerful influence of white supremacy which became an accepted social and political ideology that created fear of equality with Blacks. Their loss of white privilege at the top of the racial pyramid because of skin color, was threatened with the abolition of slavery. This was the motivator for poor whites to fight for the upper class.
The “gentlemen” of the slave owning class were murderers, serial killers, psychopaths and evil men. The myth of these “gentlemen” was mad obvious in the movie “Gone with the Wind.” The movie was about the burning of Atlanta and the destruction of the “gentlemen class” of slave owners. The brainwashed Confederate soldiers were fooled into supporting slavery, the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee, and these rest of those American traitors, when they had no money to buy slaves. Gone with the Wind was a 1939 white supremacist American film adapted from a novel by Margaret Mitchell. It was an attempt to make audiences feel pity for the crushed “gentlemen” few that fought for the Confederate Army who were chased like dogs from Atlanta by northern general William Sherman. With this victory, the South lost an important slave holder city that was providing supplies to their lost cause.
On August 15, 1864, the 14th United States Colored Troops (USCT) defeated a Confederate attack on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which was General William T. Sherman’s main supply line. The majority of the Black soldiers in the 14th USCT were former slaves. Given the history of Georgia it becomes easier to understand why Trump is so worried about losing the election there, as many of his racist supporters are gone with the wind racist lunatics, focused on an invented past. The destruction of Southern rail lines devastated the Confederacy. On November 15, 1864, northern troops led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned nearly all of the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia and freed many slaves. This is what they were crying about in that white supremacist movie.
The psychological impact of white supremacy short-circuited class awareness and created a racist hierarchy over class self -interest. The role of racial identification, with whites often saying, “I might be poor, but at least I am not Black,” demonstrates how those in power exploited this racism to supply troops for the plantation class during the Civil War. If slavery ended, the perception was that Blacks could achieve equality with whites. Hence, the poorest White often thought they were superior. This complex dynamic sustained white supremacy. Today, extremist white supremacist organizations, that politicians are now using, provides support for racist schemes by Trump.
In the United States, this social engineered fact is what fuels police abuse and racism which is accompanied with white supremacist penetration in presidential campaigns to develop racialized social policies. This makes it important to challenge systematic and institutional racism that continues to shape our lives today. This past has not been quarantined from the present and will result in a return to increased hatred, of those most vulnerable, if not defeated.
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