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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who romanticize that time period (myself included) do it because we enjoy the ambiance and aesthetics of it.  The fate of slaves is usually the last thing on my mind. Actually, it’s not on my mind at all.
I just wish i was born back then into a wealthy family. [/quote]

And this is what makes this attitude racist, ignorant and callous.

You are glamorizing the ambiance and aesthetics of a period of time that included great cruelty and horrific abuse.  You are appreciating the style and culture of those who inflicted great injustice and abuses on a large population and you callously ignore the effect that your reverence has on those around you.  You realize that dressing up in antebellum clothes makes those who are descended from slaves feel horrible and yet you don't even care.  When pointed out, you are not apologetic, you just keep reiterating how indifferent you are to how your actions and romanticizing the period incense and aggravate others.

That's racist.  The fact that you don't care about the effect on others and how you don't think at all about the slaves and how wearing those clothes affects those around you, is racist.  And you perfectly echo the people you are dressing up as.  They also didn't care about the slaves.  In fact, they didn't even consider them people, they considered them property, and were as indifferent to their feelings as they were to the feelings of cows or sheep. [/quote]

If the slaves were white, would it still be racist or just ignorant?[/quote]

Deplorable.  But at least the descendants of former slaves can't be visually identified in order to humiliate.[/quote]
Deplorable is when activists strategically rehash the era of slavery in order to gain political dominance. [/quote]

What does it mean to "strategically rehash the era of slavery in order to gain political dominance?"[/quote]

Putting up statues of long deceased confederate traitors and throwing antebellum based parties.[/quote]

Got it. Thanks for clarifying. Completely agree.[/quote]

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