The C. O. W. S. w/ Dr. Katherine C. Mooney: On Negroes, Racehorses & White Supremacy 🏇🏾

The Context of White Supremacy welcomes Dr. Katherine C. Mooney. The James P. Jones Associate Professor of History at Florida State University, Dr. Mooney examines "the cultural history of inequality in the United States--how it is imagined and made into political and legal discourse, how it plays out in people's daily lives. She primarily works on the history of slavery and its legacies." We'll examine her 2014 publication, Race Horse Men: How Slavery & Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack. This programs picks up right where we left off this past Monday with Dr. Emily Bingham and her book, My Old Kentucky Home. Dr. Mooney's work also explores White Supremacy/Racism. However, she explores the history of black horse trainers and jockeys from the plantation days to their complete obliteration. We'll discuss the value and sometimes extensive "privileges" awarded to black slaves with equine expertise. These young boys were often starved and sometimes celebrated across the land for the riding skills. However, after the Civil War, Whites promptly went about the business of obliterating all black employment in the horse racing industry. Many of these accomplished black sportsmen were left to substance abuse and, even, suicide. #LawnJockey #TheCOWS14Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE: 564943#