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The Bell Curve is neither here nor there. We're talking about preservation - and preservation was furthered effectively in Mississippi and elsewhere in the South through acts of violence during Reconstruction. As it happened it could have been furthered no other way.
There is certainly no need to romanticize violence, but I suspect those who summarily denounce even the possibility of it being used for preservation purposes are apt to avoid hard choices or desire to strike a pose of sorts.
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