I’m reading the lyrics of this song because I’ve never looked into them before, initially because I was more curious of the “Jim Crow” etymology but now I would like help understanding these more.
The song is performed with dance and in black face and is apparently focused on a black man. The last 3 verses are
>I whipt my weight in wildcats, I eat an alligator; I drunk de Mississippy up! O! I'm de very creature.
>I sit upon a hornet's nest, I dance upon my bead; I tie a wiper round my neck an, den I go to bed.
>I kneel to de buzzard, an, I bow to the crow; An eb'ry time I weel about I jump jis so.
I can see that the first bit of the 3 seems to be saying “I’m a monster, be afraid of me”.
But what is the significance of the wiper around the neck before bed? Dancing on a bead?
I’m guessing the final verse is saying “I live and die by the farm”? But I’m not sure if buzzard had any specific meaning
Seriously, Candace Owens and Republicans say this like its some sort of own but it only highlights the one-dimensional thinking that conservatives engage in. They can only see and think along party lines. In their head, abolition of slavery can be attributed to Conservatives and not progressives because it was mostly repped by Republicans at the time. It's kind of silly that they don't think about this stuff for more than two seconds.
My understanding is that St. Louis did have segregation laws back in the day. Are there any resources where I can learn what Jim Crow was like in St. Louis?
It seems like the ability to understand systemic racism relies heavily whether a person knows much about segregation and Jim Crow, and pre Civil Rights Act America.
Edit: this question is to see whether people who believe in systemic racism tend to see that time period the same way.
So I guess also, do you believe in systemic racism lol
