Since they weren't like us, i.e. white and filled with the Protestant work ethic, then they were lazy and savage. And since they didn't want to work when it was the hottest part of the day, their colonizing overlords had to have an overseer to make sure they worked hard to produce goods for white folks.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The parade of racism continues
This picture and caption is from a 1930's social studies textbook:
Since they weren't like us, i.e. white and filled with the Protestant work ethic, then they were lazy and savage. And since they didn't want to work when it was the hottest part of the day, their colonizing overlords had to have an overseer to make sure they worked hard to produce goods for white folks.
Since they weren't like us, i.e. white and filled with the Protestant work ethic, then they were lazy and savage. And since they didn't want to work when it was the hottest part of the day, their colonizing overlords had to have an overseer to make sure they worked hard to produce goods for white folks.
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I want to go back in time and arm some "savages" right now.
Holy Crap I'd forgotten how overtly racist stuff was then.
That is sickening. What's ironic is the English plantation owner just stood there while the "natives of Africa" did all the work. Great Protestant work ethic.
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