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What do I NEED to read outside of the regular theory (a la "Settlers") (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am as white as the day is long. I have never set foot outside of the south. I'm just starting Settlers rn and it is very insightful. It does, however, have me afraid of my own ignorance. I'm the only person from my neck of the woods that I would even call somewhat "progressive", but still. I am aware I was raised in privilege and surrounded by hate. (I even attended a segregated school for many years as a child...) I've always been pretty proud of how far I've come, but I feel like I still probably have some things ingrained in me that need to be smashed up. Recommendations welcome for all kinds of topics. I like to read and learn from whatever is put in front of me.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Entirely possible, Bacon's Rebellion is still something I need to read more about. Just looking over the pages dedicated to it in a People's History, Zinn largely seems to posit that Bacon was pushing for more conflict with Native Americans to grow his wealth while the people that followed him (which included the enslaved and servants) were seeking to level the inequality. My own understanding from what little reading I've done including Counter-Revolution of 1776 is that what made it a big historical turning point is the alliance between enslaved PoC and poor whites scared the rich so much that it massively popularized the adoption of Freedom of Religion as a major ethos in order to become a selling point to whites back in the UK. Specifically Scots around that time period, iirc. Essentially birthing the idea of whiteness by uniting Europeans of differing religious backgrounds.