Lee Jussim
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And I don't, Jordan, I don't know how many essays I posted on unsafe science surrounding this event. One of them is titled, There Is No Racist Mule Trope. So the argument, the grounds for denouncing me as a racist for comparing black people to mules was that there was a historical trope of making an equivalence between black people and mules.
And I don't, Jordan, I don't know how many essays I posted on unsafe science surrounding this event. One of them is titled, There Is No Racist Mule Trope. So the argument, the grounds for denouncing me as a racist for comparing black people to mules was that there was a historical trope of making an equivalence between black people and mules.
Roberts presented this, and he had one reference to support this. Right. Which I was not familiar with. Yeah. So I tracked it down. That's what you say. I know. Let's see what the article actually says. Yeah. This article was a really good article. And...
Roberts presented this, and he had one reference to support this. Right. Which I was not familiar with. Yeah. So I tracked it down. That's what you say. I know. Let's see what the article actually says. Yeah. This article was a really good article. And...
Roberts presented this, and he had one reference to support this. Right. Which I was not familiar with. Yeah. So I tracked it down. That's what you say. I know. Let's see what the article actually says. Yeah. This article was a really good article. And...
What it documented was that there was a historical linkage between Black people and mules because originally American Blacks were overwhelmingly in the American South. in the agrarian South.
What it documented was that there was a historical linkage between Black people and mules because originally American Blacks were overwhelmingly in the American South. in the agrarian South.
What it documented was that there was a historical linkage between Black people and mules because originally American Blacks were overwhelmingly in the American South. in the agrarian South.
And so the mule was a symbol of both the kind of work that was done in the South, this agricultural work, and it was a symbol of the flawed liberation of Black people from slavery, because one of the promises that they never delivered on was 40 acres and a mule. And even though that was never delivered on,
And so the mule was a symbol of both the kind of work that was done in the South, this agricultural work, and it was a symbol of the flawed liberation of Black people from slavery, because one of the promises that they never delivered on was 40 acres and a mule. And even though that was never delivered on,
And so the mule was a symbol of both the kind of work that was done in the South, this agricultural work, and it was a symbol of the flawed liberation of Black people from slavery, because one of the promises that they never delivered on was 40 acres and a mule. And even though that was never delivered on,
for a very long time until you had the mass migration into the North, the Black people living in the American South, you know, aspire to be successful farmers. And getting a mule was one way to have a successful farm. And so you would see images, paintings, even, you know, if you go to Southern museums, there's some very famous paintings of Black people in fields with a mule pulling a wagon or a,
for a very long time until you had the mass migration into the North, the Black people living in the American South, you know, aspire to be successful farmers. And getting a mule was one way to have a successful farm. And so you would see images, paintings, even, you know, if you go to Southern museums, there's some very famous paintings of Black people in fields with a mule pulling a wagon or a,
for a very long time until you had the mass migration into the North, the Black people living in the American South, you know, aspire to be successful farmers. And getting a mule was one way to have a successful farm. And so you would see images, paintings, even, you know, if you go to Southern museums, there's some very famous paintings of Black people in fields with a mule pulling a wagon or a,
Or, I don't know, you know... Plow? Yeah, like a plow. Yes, right. That's very, very common. And, in fact, the mule figures fairly largely in African-American folk stories from the American South. So he documents all this. Yeah. So much so that the mule... really became a symbol of people who were oppressed and part of the liberation of people who were oppressed.
Or, I don't know, you know... Plow? Yeah, like a plow. Yes, right. That's very, very common. And, in fact, the mule figures fairly largely in African-American folk stories from the American South. So he documents all this. Yeah. So much so that the mule... really became a symbol of people who were oppressed and part of the liberation of people who were oppressed.
Or, I don't know, you know... Plow? Yeah, like a plow. Yes, right. That's very, very common. And, in fact, the mule figures fairly largely in African-American folk stories from the American South. So he documents all this. Yeah. So much so that the mule... really became a symbol of people who were oppressed and part of the liberation of people who were oppressed.
So that when, after Martin Luther King's assassination, His casket was pulled in a wagon, pulled by mules.
So that when, after Martin Luther King's assassination, His casket was pulled in a wagon, pulled by mules.
So that when, after Martin Luther King's assassination, His casket was pulled in a wagon, pulled by mules.