Segregation drew on degenerationist fear and racial historicist separation as twin fuels

Evidence

Segregation, then, received its boost from two grades of fuel fusing to common combustion. The larger and more direct kick came from the perception, not least among hardcore Afrikaners fearing they would dissolve in a sea of blackness but far from only, that blacks demographically, intellectually, and so politically constituted a threat to white wellbeing. (In this, Afrikaners took themselves, as they did whites generally, to occupy a position analogous to Jews in Germany.) The core ingredient here is the lingering presumption of degenerationism. The second fuel, extracted from the tradition of racial historicism, energized a commitment to separate racial development of blacks under white direction and domination. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1497 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Segregationist warnings framed growing black voting power as the threat — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 94; The idea of racial mixing fear grew from classical decline narratives; Afrikaner segregationism rested on degeneration fears and racial historicism — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1497

Broader Connections

• Afrikaner segregationism rested on degeneration fears and racial historicism #corroborates (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1497