What the fuck are you talking about?
My whole point was by 1950 most white people had seen a black person and that their only idea wasn’t a minstrel show
What the fuck are you talking about?
My whole point was by 1950 most white people had seen a black person and that their only idea wasn’t a minstrel show
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
What makes you think “most white people” in Europe had seen a real black person in 1950?
arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Idk maybe all the black Americans actively fighting in some of Europe’s most populous countries and the following American presence after the war.
And that’s ignoring the interactions between European nations and their African colonies. I’ll ignore the human zoos as well
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Wow. I don’t even know where to begin.
Black US troops (which were segregated from the white troops) did not exactly run around on vacation in the french countryside.
Most French, Dutch, Englishmen, (among others) did not go to any colony. They stayed home… working their normal jobs. Farming the land, making shoes, sewing clothes, building houses. Etc.
And while we’re just starting to grasp the concept of US not being the entire world. I have to inform you of the next class, which will cover the fact that France and Germany is not even close to “most of europe”.
arrow74@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Vacationing lol okay, I suppose all of the civilians left when any military was around so they never saw each other, oh wait that’s ridiculous.
I said the most populous countries in Europe. Germany, France, Italy and the UK all had very heavy military presence during and after the war. After is kinda key since soldiers were allowed to leave base and go to the towns.
Of course there are other European nations they were in too. Of the most populous nations they met the Soviets in Germany, but did not obviously make it to Russia. Not a majority of the Russian population but not insignificant. These troops would interact a bit during the occupation of Germany but that was limited as the cold war intensified.
In colonies you seem to forget people did travel both ways. Obviously more European based nationals traveled there, but people flowed both ways.
Btw troops were desgregated in 1948 during a period where the US was expanding military presence across most of western Europe. And even during the war do you think the battlefield was segregated? That’s crazy talk
Certainly some very interesting and interpretive takes though