The Tragic Mulatto: An American Lie

Among the many contradictions of race that exist, at the center of them is The Tragic Mulatto and how they expose the lies of race science. SPONSORED BY NEBULA: https://go.nebula.tv/princessweekes 🫶🏾 General Disclaimer: This video covers only a narrow part of this topic and is not an exhaustive look. Anything left out was either cut for brevity/subject matter or simply did not come up in my research. I encourage anyone to fill in any gaps I may have missed with their own content or in the comments. 🫶🏾 Timestamps: 00:00 Disclaimer 02:10 Latto 09:31 Antiquity n Stuff 16:47 Empire & Race 34:29 Politits 36:21 Tragic 1:05:22 Black? Social Media Patreon: www.patreon.com/princessweekes Instagram/Reels: princess_weekes TikTok (?): PrincessPendulum BlueSky: @princesmweekes.bsky.social Open Tabs Podcast: https://opentabs.libsyn.com/ Thumbnail by Euralis Weekes Special Thanks to Joey for Editing and Emotional Support. Books: The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution by Julius S. Scott *The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France*, edited by Sue Peabody and Tyler Stovall Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America by Saidiya Hartman The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression by Theodore W. Allen The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction by Daniel Brook Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in Black Women’s Fiction by Venetria K. Patton *Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation*, selected and translated by Rebecca F. Kennedy, C.Sydnor Roy, and Max L. Goldman. The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas by Brooke N. Newman Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and White by Heidi Ardizzone Ph.D., Earl Lewis Ph.D. Academic Sources: "Never Was Born": The Mulatto, an American Tragedy? by Werner Sollors "Sons of White Fathers": Mulatto Vengeance and the Haitian Revolution in Victor Séjour's "The Mulatto" by Marlene L. Daut "The Mulatto in American Fiction" by Penelope Bullock "Color Differentiation in the American Systems of Slavery" by Donald L. Horowitz Primary Document: “An act concerning Servants and Slaves” (1705) https://encyclopediavirginia.org/prim... Make Up: Setting Powder: Ami Cole Skin Melt Loose Powder in the color "Translucent." Bronzer: Fenty Beauty "Coco Naughty" Contour: Danessa Myricks Beauty "Deep 1" Foundation: About Face Skin Focused Foundation "The Performer MD3 Warm" Concealer: On Face: Danessa Myricks Beauty "Yummy Skin Lift & Flex Concealer #14"//Under Eye: Beauty Bakery Instabake 010 "Butter Back Off" Blush: Ami Cole "Desert Date: Spice"// Pat McGrath Labs "Electric Bloom Glow." Eyeshadow: The Warrior by Juvia's Place// YVAEXPRESSIONS Magical Guardian's Glimmer Volume 2: Lunar Palette Lipstick: Poundcake "BK Blackout" People to Follow:    / @jouelzy      / @teenoir      / @khadijambowe      / @fdsignifire      / @foreignmaninaforeignland     / ruthyandthebrain     / wickdconfections      / @katblaque      / @tabletopjocks   https://www.whysteph.com/about   / _anastasiagracia_     / belladonnafeli