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[quote=Anonymous][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.  There was much in the antebellum South that was not dominated by slavery.  And, FWIW, hoop skirts were also worn in the North.  [/quote]

The slave south was worse than Nazi Germany. And, even though Nazi Germany was horrific, it's not even that close. [/quote]

Stop trolling.  [/quote]

Do you disagree? In the south, a much larger segment of the population was subjected to torture, forced labor, rape, murder, kidnapping, and forcible separation from their children for century after century. This is not at all to defend the decade plus of full on murder experienced by the Jewish people in areas controlled by the Nazis. But people who celebrate the antebellum South are celebrating something much worse than the people who celebrate Nazi Germany. [/quote]

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