See also the English Quaker temperance reformer Catherine Impey. I contributed an entry for her in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. At 09:41 AM 6/6/2006, you wrote: >This didn't get through the first time. >Dave > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Dave Trippel >To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Alcohol and Drugs History Society >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 10:41 AM >Subject: Re: liquor as white privilege > > >Ida B. Wells had some disagreements with Francis E. Willard that >evoke some views of those times. Here's the link and the paragraph >with Willard's quotes. > ><http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/wells/strugglescourageoverseas.htm>http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2002/sites/wells/strugglescourageoverseas.htm > >"Ida never hid from the public her opinions of Willard, whom she >stated maintained her high upstanding in society by catering to >wealthy whites who were prejudiced against blacks. Ida cited an >interview Willard had done in which she claimed, "The colored race >multiplies like the locusts of Egypt. The grog-shop is its source of >power. Better whiskey and more of it' has been the rallying cry of >great dark-faced mobs in the Southern localities where local option >was snowed under by the colored vote." Willard had even gone so far >as to suggest that blacks were out of control criminals, saying, >"The safety of women, of children, of the home is menaced in a >thousand localities at this moment, so men dare not go beyond the >sight of their own roof-tree." Brazenly, Ida had Willard's interview >published in the Society's journal, the Fraternity. When the article >came out Willard and her sponsor, Lady Isabel Somerset, were enraged >and lashed back out at Ida. As a result, the rest of Ida's trip was >hampered by the battle that raged between the two parties. Still, >the fact that Ida was even able to hold her own against Willard was >in fact remarkable, since Willard had been highly esteemed by >England, whereas Ida was seen by some critical newspapers as an >annoying firebrand involved in matters way over her head." > >Nonetheless, even today, I think the US Capitol building still >displays a full figure statue of Willard. > >Dave > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew Barr" <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> >To: <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 3:35 AM >Subject: Re: liquor as white privilege > > > 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. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Campbell > <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> > > To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > 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. > > Department of History > > Capilano College > > 2055 Purcell Way > > North Vancouver, BC > > Canada V7J 3H5 > > 604.986.1911 x2477 > > FAX 604.990.7838 > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > > > > >