@StillIRise1963 I’m sorry, boo. I’m quite educated on the topic. You’re suggesting the Jews taught the nazis how to nazi? That is the most racist thing I’ve ever heard. @solownh
@hosford42 @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh
Anyone who doesn't know and wants to read up on the direct influence that anti-Black laws had on the development of anti-Jewish laws should read the book Caste.
There's a whole chapter on German Nazis coming to the American South to talk with racists in power about the structure and use of the Jim Crow laws.
It was notable to me that SOME of the anti-Black laws were deemed TOO EXTREME for the Nazis in setting up their own legal framework.
@DeborahForPlus @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh Haven't read this book, myself. Thanks!
@hosford42 @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh
It's a hard book but a good one for understanding a lot of what's going on in the world, especially but not exclusively in USA.
@hosford42 @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh
On consideration, I'll amend my post about the book Caste to clarify:
Anti-Black laws in the US influenced the anti-Jewish laws of the Nazis during the 20th century, as described in my previous post.
AND it's also true that anti-Jewish laws within so-called Christian countries preceded Jim Crow laws by centuries.
It's horrible but it is both true that laws against Jews influenced the Jim Crow laws AND Jim Crow laws influenced Nazis
@DeborahForPlus @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh Hate begets hate.
@AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh In short, American white people taught the Nazis how to nazi.
There’s a decent short overview of this (and the other ways that Nazis studied racist American laws) in https://www.history.com/news/how-the-nazis-were-inspired-by-jim-crow
@AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh Dude, there's a whole fucking book on it. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model
@pearlbear @AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh
Rachel Maddow also covered it in her reporting/book on American fascists pre-WWII.
@AlliFlowers I am disgusted by how you just addressed @StillIRise1963 with such condescending disrespect. And using AAVE to do it. You’re the racist in the room.
@AlliFlowers @StillIRise1963 @solownh At the risk of getting pulled into a flame war, this is not what she's saying. I follow you both and respect both of you. This is a misunderstanding.
@StillIRise1963 was making reference to the racist/eugenicist ideology that originated here in the US and was then propagated to Germany where it became Nazism. Henry Ford directly influenced Hitler with his racist views, to the point that Hitler had a picture of him hanging up in his office and directly mentions him in Mein Kampf. As a result, a direct line can be drawn from white supremacy & slavery practices in the US to the antisemitic and eugenicist views of Nazi Germany.