How Republicans Party:
Sep. 14th, 2010 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselking
Dressed as Confederates, surrounded by appropriately subservient "negros".
That's the president of the South Carolina Senate in the middle, there. For the record.
theweaselkingDressed as Confederates, surrounded by appropriately subservient "negros".
That's the president of the South Carolina Senate in the middle, there. For the record.
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Date: 2010-09-15 02:17 am (UTC)*sighs, drinks*
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Date: 2010-09-15 01:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-15 02:33 am (UTC)wtf
Date: 2010-09-15 02:57 am (UTC)Re: wtf
Date: 2010-09-15 04:25 am (UTC)One can only hope.
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Date: 2010-09-15 05:42 am (UTC)Local CBS Affiliate actually does some journalism: "News19 made phone calls and started asking questions about the photos. It turns out the two people along with McConnell are Gullah entertainers who have performed at many Lowcountry Heritage Festivals."
Gullah Festival and also here.
I also can't tell if McConnell is wearing Union Blue or Confederate Gray. It looks very, very blue in that picture. If so, they may actually be referring to the First South Carolina Volunteers (i.e. the company that Glory was about).
Which means that the Republicans are engaging in some good old fashioned racism, but painting it in what they feel is an "acceptable" light, perhaps? The officers of the First South Carolina Volunteers were white like Matthew Broderick, and (again, according to Wikipedia, major caveats about using it as a primary source apply) Gullah men served in that company. So, these guys, who are paid historical actors, are there celebrating their heritage -- the old crusty white guys are there pretending that their heritage is something other than it is.
I dunno, I'm just throwing that out there. I'm white and originally from the South, so this kind of stuff makes me cringe with a terrible cringing. But I was also confused about why the two black men were there, and seemingly enjoying themselves, and that's the best sense I can make of it.
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Date: 2010-09-15 05:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-09-16 04:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-09-15 03:42 am (UTC)-- A >:P
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Date: 2010-09-15 04:08 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2010-09-17 09:45 pm (UTC)