Malcolm X introduced the concept of the house “negro” and the field “negro ” to white America. During slavocracy, the house “negro” would aid and protect the master’s interests, even to the detriment of those who lived in shacks and did the backbreaking fieldwork. Despite how horrific enslavement was for all with Black skin, the house “negro,” in contrast to the field “negro,” enjoyed minor advantages that they did not want to jeopardize.
Proximity to whiteness has its privileges.
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