Wet-nurse childcare structure forged the racial double standard

Evidence

Kovel explores the other, positive, side of the oedipal triangle in discussing the role which “black mammies” play in the upbringing of many white children from well-to-do families in the plantation society of the Deep South. The contrast between the strong “libidinal” bond established with wet nurse or nanny, and the emotional distance created by the mother, sets the template for the sexual/racial double standard: black women being regarded as warm and sexually available (objects of lust and disregard), and white women as unapproachable “southern belles” (objects of idealization and longing). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1284 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

And even a generous mother who sincerely wants the best for her child will, as a rule, think it wiser to make a “true woman” of her, as that is the way she will be best accepted by society. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 692 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Parenting and nursery practices were core sites where racial dispositions became second-nature — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 611; Wet-nursing bonds explain the split image of black and white women. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1284; Institutional routines produce starkly unequal outcomes across racial groups — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1832 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Wet-nursing bonds explain the split image of black and white women. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1284
• Parents socialize children into oppressed roles out of genuine care #complicates (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 692