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		deelowe on March 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Baldwin Lee on his rediscovered images of the deep... If you're implying it's because he looks Chinese, you're right but not just because of racism. It's because no one who looks like that lived there. There's a long history of southerners being taken advantage of. Do they not teach about carpet baggers and indentured servants anymore in school?

throwayyy479087 on March 14, 2023 [–]

The idea that the victor is ever anything but perfect is rarely in history books. The history of Southern exploitation is heavily covered in Socialist literature, though.

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