The fear that black men, stimulated by alcohol, would attack white 
women, certainly contributed to the introduction of prohibition in the 
southern states of the U.S. in the early 20th century. Congressman 
Hobson from Alabama, speaking in the House of Representatives in 1914 
on his resolution for a prohibition amendment to the Consitition, 
claimed that "Liquor will actually make a brute out of the Negro, 
causing him to commit unnatural crimes. The effect is the same on the 
white man, though the white man being further evolved it takes a longer 
time to reduce him to the same level." See Hanes Walton Jr and James E. 
Taylor, "Blacks and the Southern Prohibition Movement," Phlyon vol. 32 
(1971) pp. 247-59.

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From: Robert Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:48:08 -0700
Subject: liquor as white privilege

  Hello,
A colleague of mine has asked about secondary literature on liquor as a 
white
privilege, particularly in the Canadian context. My work certainly has 
assumed
that privilege, but it does not discuss how access to alcohol can be 
part of the
process of creating "whiteness."
Regards,
Robert Campbell


Robert A. Campbell, Ph.D.
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