Topic: Plantation Myth

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64: We Are People 2
• 3:40:41 - 3:49:52

64: We Are People 2

Virginia Durr and the Romantic Tradition of Slavery

The segment explores the background of Virginia Durr, a key white figure in the Montgomery bus boycott. Durr grew up on a 35,000-acre plantation and was raised on the "romantic tradition" of the benevolent slave system. The hosts discuss the "plantation myth" and how descendants of slave owners often maintained a patronizing "Queen Bee" relationship with Black workers, viewing them as "happy children."