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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand that asking this question invites all kinds of criticism. I am asking sincerely. Help me understand why wearing pretty dresses to a party is racist?

Thank you. [/quote]

Antebellum means the period before war; Antebellum South means the American south pre-Civil War that was dominated by slavery, socially and economically. It's embarrassing to 'party' in this way. It's like having a Holocaust party with Nazi or Hitler Youth uniforms and asking why it's racist or anti-semitic.[/quote]

Not the same thing at all.  [b]There was much in the antebellum South that was not dominated by slavery.[/b]  And, FWIW, hoop skirts were also worn in the North.  [/quote]

Could you share more on the bolded please? Curious to know what you mean. [/quote]

Yes please elaborate. Because pretty much everything during the era was touched by the atrocities that were taking place, and you can't divorce one from the other. Yes the dresses were pretty, but who sewed them? The houses and landscape were beautiful, but who tended them? The parties were nice, who served at them? [/quote]

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