Good and very interesting analysis. I do think that in recent decades (at least since 1970 or so and in some cases much earlier) both Northern style exclusion/marginalization and Southern Style exploitation (which was also exclusive in it's own way) have actually both spread to and helped shape the overall socioeconomic structure and race relations of the entire US, but probably less so as far as Black-White relations go.
You still a notable difference today in this last regard between the Southern US (where ironically, Black-White segregation and economic disparities are actually both now somewhat lower overall) vs. elsewhere in the United States today.
However, the US Southwest including even large parts of California, did have a lot of early influence from the western part of the South (Namely Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas) in it's early settlement that lasted through the mid 20th century to an extent. But I think this probably had more impact on both it's overall class structure and Anglo-Hispanic and Anglo-Native American relationships then on the position of Blacks in society, given the region's relitively small and dispersed Black population.
Good and very interesting analysis. I do think that in recent decades (at least since 1970 or so and in some cases much earlier) both Northern style exclusion/marginalization and Southern Style exploitation (which was also exclusive in it's own way) have actually both spread to and helped shape the overall socioeconomic structure and race relations of the entire US, but probably less so as far as Black-White relations go.
You still a notable difference today in this last regard between the Southern US (where ironically, Black-White segregation and economic disparities are actually both now somewhat lower overall) vs. elsewhere in the United States today.
However, the US Southwest including even large parts of California, did have a lot of early influence from the western part of the South (Namely Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas) in it's early settlement that lasted through the mid 20th century to an extent. But I think this probably had more impact on both it's overall class structure and Anglo-Hispanic and Anglo-Native American relationships then on the position of Blacks in society, given the region's relitively small and dispersed Black population.
Great and very insightful analysis.