More than racism: Did you know?/Do you remember?
A little known occurrence in the Pre-Civil Rights era South that actually says a lot about Southern attitudes towards black Americans.
Did you know? Or Did you remember?
In many places in the South, while blacks were forced to use separate cafeterias, or bathrooms, or services, if you were an Actually African (and black), you weren't?
Obviously the number of black Africans in America at that time wasn't very high, so many people never knew this occurred. But there were still some, often sons of dignitaries, or royalty or wealthy who were attending college in the States. At the University of Tennessee, my uncle worked in the cafeteria. He wasn't allowed to eat there, but he could serve the white students food. Well, the white students and the one African black student who was also allowed to eat there.
It's strange to think about how that dynamic worked. But it speaks to how the South viewed black Americans. It not even a strictly "racial" matter, despite much of the rhetoric around this. This is specifically about Black Americans being their slaves. It's residual anger over having their property removed from them and granting them rights they never believed they should have had.
African blacks? Who cares? They are fine. They were never their property. They can do what they want.
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