🧵 i have mississippi experience with this and can confirm all of this. today's version of these types are often some of the smartest white southerners. it's also true that the smartest person on the planet, whoever they are, is dumb. everyone is sometimes and/or about certain things. human nature.
Soraya Nadia McDonaldHere's the thing. The people who had these massive plantations were not dumb. Thomas Jefferson was not dumb. They modeled themselves after British gentry, complete with elite education for the sons, down to the Southern genteel accent that is a cousin of the English one.