• VILenin [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    You’re telling me supergenius founding father Franklin (PBUH) couldn’t tell the difference between dirt and having dark skin?

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    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      I dunno if you’re being sarcastic but if not there used to be a stark divide between pale wealthier white people (indoors) and poorer tanned white people (outdoors). Having a tan put you in a lower caste. Apparently this was such a noticeable thing you could visibly tell which people in Pennsylvania were German or English