Publius1787
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Usually? That still doesn't prove it to be incorrect. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the best. What other reason would poor whites have for preserving a system in which they had no vested interest?Any historical analysis that focuses solely on class, gender, and race in order to make a point that ignores a much broader scheme is usually incorrect.That doesn't make it wrong.Well that's certainly the Marxist historians view.I have often wondered why poverty-stricken southern whites elected to defend the South, was it because those whites felt superior to all those slaves and freed blacks? Is that the key to a caste system, have somebody at the bottom?
There are a number of reasons. Culture, self determination, obligation, family expectations, and ideas of their way of life are among them. Trust me. The white farm hand did not appreciate unpaid labor taking away his shot at a paid job. The "I can't eat but I'm certainly happy those blacks are at a lower strata than me" theory simply doesn't cut it! I've read a number of good books written by honest Marxist historians who left out the Marxism from their historical analysis. Those that don't are looking at history through a narrow political lens that falls apart to honest scrutiny.