Status Updates From Economy Hall: The Hidden Hi...

informative, enticing, and black.

My silly little brain almost two years ago in NOLA thought this was a scholarly book 😭 So mistaken y’all. “Bouguille, by contrast, became even more committed to equality for Blacks after almost losing his life.” Then absolutely no discussion of how he supposedly did this.

So far, the theme of the book is that these men were “special” because they were 1) free Black men and 2) wealthy elite. The author says multiple times that they “didn’t like” white supremacist policies and spokepersons but does not show how. Waiting for this all to come together. (There’s a kind of disdain or speaking down to enslaved Black people that is increasingly uncomfortable.)