except its really scary that people actually believed this…and probably still believe it
’30s Texas history textbook on lazy Indians, idle Negroes and awesome white folks!
just some excerpts, please click above for the full post
“The Spaniards should have known from common sense that there was about as much possibility of civilizing the Indian as there was of taming lions and tigers.” “The Indians were troublesome and stole everything they could.” “The Indians did not like to work and often ran away or, in savage fashion, raided the missions and killed the priests … the Indians were lazy and neglected crops and herds.” “When the ‘carpet baggers’ arrived, they deceived and pampered the negroes and soon had them loafing about the country in idleness, homeless and helpless. Southern farmers could not get them to stay at home and work.”
