[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Mrs. Bliss' words made Scarlett roll her eyes again, but Margot raised her vigilance.As soon as the guests left, Margot kept Scarlett, Suellen, Karin, and Melanie.

Melanie had to apologize to Margot.

Mr. Hotchner is Ashley's colleague in the court, and he is also a very good southern gentleman. Like the Calvert family, his ex-wife died in childbirth, leaving him three sons, because of the children, because of the manor Needing a hostess, he married a northern woman.

Of course, as a woman from the north, Mrs. Hotchner, like Mrs. Calvert, had a hard time.However, Mrs. Hotchner was a good person, full of compassion, and she would not shout at the blacks in her family. She was very different from the Yankee women in the impression of southerners.

Hearing Melanie's introduction, Scarlett couldn't help but said: "Enough, Melanie, in your eyes, there are no bad people in this world!"

Suellen said: "Wow, Scarlett, don't get angry. Although Mrs. Hochner's words are not very good, she still brings us useful news."

Scarlett was taken aback, but Karin interjected: "Those Yankees talk about liberating blacks, but in fact they have gone too far than us! This stock matter is said to be dissatisfied with Margot's dividends. , or rather, those Yankees think that black people should not own private property and enjoy the same dividends as them! Whoa, the Yankees overthrew their own slogan first."

Suellen said: "Negroes will never sit still."

Karin said: "The Yankees will not just sit and watch the blacks earn a lot of income! It will be exciting to watch."

Melanie looked worried: "I hope it won't attract the Ku Klux Klan."

At this time, the Ku Klux Klan was completely different from the 3 Ku Klux Klan that had just been established after the war. The 3 Ku Klux Klan, which had just been established after the war, shouted to protect our wives, protect our sisters, and protect our daughters, and was supported by a large number of southerners. Well now the Ku Klux Klan has completely become a mob group.

They secretly entered and shot black people, not only killing men, but even women and children. Of course, they would also take away the little money and jewelry of black people, because they believed that black people did not deserve to have these.

In other places, the Ku Klux Klan has a large number of followers, but in Atlanta, even Melanie doesn't think Atlanta needs the Ku Klux Klan.

Because the blacks in Atlanta are very friendly, they trust Margot sincerely, and think that the southern wives headed by Margot are trustworthy.In other places, blacks attack white women from time to time, but in Atlanta, there has never been such a thing.

Of course, Marge knew better than Melanie. She knew that the Prophet restrained the black people behind his back, and Big Sam was one of the most useful people around the Prophet.

But Margot never dared to underestimate people's jealousy.

Mrs. Hotchner was just the first one. In the next period of time, Margot welcomed a lot of visitors. They all came to Margot to suggest that Margot should not give too many bonuses to black people under the banner of being good for you.

Of course, Margot always scoffed at this.

Until a gunshot broke the peaceful and prosperous scene in Atlanta, and also awakened Marge's innocence.

The United States has never been a peaceful country. In this country, as long as you have a gun license, it is legal to own a gun.And what people do when they have a gun in their hands is simply unpredictable.

Yes, the core of the Civil War was black slavery, but the emancipation of black slaves was simply a symbol.The final treatment of black people is still related to the public opinion of the whole society.

Maggot knew better than anyone that Southerners were friendly only to a small number of blacks, and these blacks were often trained and docile house-serving blacks. For example, the blacks in every Southern family Mother.

Before the war, almost every child of upper-class southern families was raised on the lap of a black mother, who was another Southern mother.The O'Hara sisters are a good example, let alone in the original book, even now, in this world, if Scarlett is asked to choose between Suellen and their sister's black mother, Scarlett will also Choose Black Mama without hesitation.

Fortunately, because of Margo and the Southern Family Post-War Mutual Aid Foundation and the Southern Plantation Family Post-War Mutual Aid Program, most families in the South have retained the most basic property, that is to say, unlike in the original book, in the original book, Most southern families were on the verge of bankruptcy after the war, and most families could no longer afford to hire black male servants and black maids. The inside disappeared.The new generation of southerners is the same as northern whites. They don't have black mothers in their lives, and naturally they don't like black people because of black mothers.

However, because of Marg and mutual aid foundations and mutual aid plans, most families in the south basically paid taxes and kept fixed properties such as land.After the throes of the war passed, many families continued their old way of life, and Mama Hei naturally did as well.

That is to say, not only Margot's generation had their own black mothers, but even the post-war new generation mostly had their own black mothers.

The existence of black mothers has made the families of southerners more complete. Similarly, it has also allowed southerners to maintain their goodwill towards black people.Even if this kind of kindness is only aimed at a small number of black people, kindness is still kindness.

Southerners don't speak ill of black people easily.

In Southerners' understanding, black people need to be taught, so yelling at black people does not solve the problem.Southern plantation wives would yell at their naughty sons, but they would never yell at a Negro.

Just like Ellen said repeatedly when teaching her daughter: "This (referring to yelling) will not solve the problem at all."

When southerners encounter black people making mistakes, they will always speak calmly or softly (the latter refers especially to those southern ladies) to point out what mistakes the other party has made, and then tell them how to solve it.

It is because of this tradition of southerners, or because of the attitude of southern wives that has been passed down from generation to generation. In the south, no matter whether it is a man or a woman, the attitude towards black people is definitely not comparable to that of northerners.

Maybe the overseers in the manor yelled at those blacks and whipped them, but the ladies and ladies of the manor’s house would never yell at blacks—in this respect, perhaps Scarlett was an exception.However, given her attitude towards her husband back then, black people would only think that Scarlett was frightened by the war, or that she couldn’t control her temper due to pregnancy, and few would really mind Scarlett back then. of irascibility.

Of course, attitude is one thing and property is another.

In this regard, many southerners are also very entangled.Especially those southerners who were tricked by speculators and threw large sums of money into the pond and have not seen it back. After hearing that blacks are about to get dividends from stocks, they see the booming stock market. There are really many people who can't sleep all night.

However, even the most cautious southerners would not blame black people.

That's what Mrs. Vershing said--she too was scammed out of a large sum of money by speculators, which she had saved through her teeth as a dowry for her daughter--: "The speculators It's amazing. It's my own fault to listen to their sweet words and not choose to trust our friends. It has nothing to do with black people. Black people believe in our mutual friends, so they are rewarded, and rightfully so Of course, I also admit that it is a very good decision for my daughter to choose to only believe in Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Butler. When I have money in the future, I will choose to invest in Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Butler.”

However, Mrs. Fairing was not without complaints: "Yes, Mrs. Clark is just too kind. I have no doubts about arranging houses for black people. This is Margot and Suellen. I mean, our old friend Mrs. Clark And Mrs. Butler, I don't doubt at all that this is a kind of outburst of our two old friends, who are afraid that those black people will end up on the streets. This way, if it was placed in the moment when the war was just over, such welfare It’s really not eye-catching. But now, who made Atlanta’s real estate industry so prosperous? The current Atlanta’s housing prices are more than ten times that of when the war just ended, just for this, and when you see black people, you’re just for that paper agreement You can live in a free house, and white people can’t buy a big house they want with all their savings. Naturally, some people are dissatisfied. I’m not saying that black people are not worth it. I just hope that Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Butler can pay attention .If this status quo cannot be changed, perhaps tragedies will continue to happen.”

This was Mrs. Versing's statement after hearing that a Negro with a respectable career had been shot in the street.