| According to the NAACP A) many states had more white people lynched than blacks B) The concentration of the south eastern states did make black people the victims more often both statistically and numerically, by a large margin but C) White people being killed was not a statistical outlier. So there is no novelty. D) “White” didn't include Italians, known Jewish people, any many others at the time. Not until the late 20th century, and pretty much still only so largely inclusive within North America. E) Extrajudicial killing is a deep seated part of American history https://www.naacp.org/history-of-lynchings/ So the conclusion is that neither of you are wrong but both are unproductive unsubstantial comments. Not everyone’s family history is about a secret killing of a black person. Many’s only experience is mob justice against someone who was white. Its not rare enough for race to be the focus of everyone’s bewilderment here. This is a story about the Midwest and west where the targets were often not black. So turning it into a cohesion region with the entire north american continent is counterproductive when regions just have different history. |