Episode 4: White Women and the Lynching Myth
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This episode is named after an especially violent time in US history immediately following Reconstruction in the US South.  Frequent racial-terror lynchings were justified by what journalist Ida B. Wells called the lynching myth. The myth was rooted in two racialized stereotypes: sexually violent black men and sexually pure white women. When Wells publicized her analysis, she found herself in conflict with white women such as Frances Willard, a prominent social purity activist. Their debate offers significant insight into how white Victorians utilized sexual purity to signal their own racial supremacy. Subscribe to Pure White: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pure-white/id1718974286 To purchase Virgin Nation: https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780199987764 To Subscribe to Chew On This, A Newsletter from the After Purity Project: https://afterpurity.substack.com Southern Horrors and Other Writings by Ida B. Wells https://bookshop.org/p/books/southern-horrors-ida-b-wells-barnett/92999?ean=9781502768001 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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