• fartographer@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Nope, just a story that occupies a lot of brain space because of how disturbing it is to me. Especially this part:

    As news of Rector’s wealth spread worldwide, she received requests for loans, money gifts, and marriage proposals, though she was only 11 years old. Due to her wealth, in 1913, the Oklahoma Legislature made an effort to have her declared an honorary white, allowing her the benefits of elevated social standing, such as riding in a first-class car on the trains.

    I know they were different times, but this is dripping with so much racism that I could totally see us backsliding towards in a decade or so if some people wanted to try hard enough.