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From Pariahs to the Privileged: On Keri Leigh Merritt’s “Masterless Men”
"As poor whites began to enjoy more of the privileges of whiteness, symbols of the slaveholders’ crusade came to represent general whiteness."
Steven White
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University.