>>17816122
>What was the purpose of racial segregation in the US?
To keep Blacks and poor Whites from usurping the authority/influence of the political and economic elites in the South, given these two demographics are remarkably similar and poorfag Southern Whites are far closer to Black Americans culturally and economically than they were to the Cavalier elites. That's why the end of reconstruction and rise of Jim Crow was a slower and more tragic burn than a lot of people think.
Picrel in particular is a really tragic moment during this time.
>>17816130
>t. guy who rose to power on the backs of Mexicans held in de facto serfdom