#amc louis’s isolation from blackness is bc hes a vampire & cant go to day events anymore.. not bc he look down on black people | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

blueiight · 1 year

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& i seriously feel like 60% of dumb takes that abt amc louis’s social position would be solved if ppl simply read john w blassingame’s amazing research on black new orleans from 1860-1880. just one nonfiction. 20% of my reading is fiction, 80% is legit nonfiction be it for my field or bc im sick+ think history is a hobby.

#the creole community in new orleans was atypical for most creolized communities in the americas bc they did not abandon black ppl #(it is bc america had the one drop rule too that when louisiana became part of the us & the haitrev / german coast rebellion in new orleans)#in fact they leveraged their social capital in the margins to help the black community at large #amc louis’s isolation from blackness is bc hes a vampire & cant go to day events anymore.. not bc he look down on black people #yn.

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