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Listener Seth Peterson recommends the book *White Trash* by Nancy Eisenberg, which details how the British elite viewed poor settlers in the Americas as "waste" or a "subspecies." The book explores the history of the "mud-eaters" and how class-based eugenics existed long before modern racial theories. The hosts note that this source is already slated for a future deep dive on the show.
Reverend Ian White Maher discusses the historical "ritual sacrifice" of black men as a tool to create a unified white identity. Drawing on the work of Renee Girard, he explains that sacrifice restores harmony to a community by projecting internal violence onto a victim. He describes "whiteness" as a desirable quality held by elites that the masses attempt to possess through mimicry.
The term "white supremacy" is redefined in the context of elite rulership and the maintenance of power. The hosts argue that the disenfranchisement of black men in family court is a systemic plot to control voting blocks. They also touch on how the elite view poor people of all races through a lens of eugenics and social Darwinism.
Mo lists the original founders of the NAACP, highlighting that nearly all were white men, with W.E.B. Du Bois serving as the director of publicity. He argues that Black culture has historically been under white elitist control. Using a race metaphor, he describes how Black Americans were held at the starting line by slavery and Jim Crow while others were allowed to run.
