Found out my favorite designer is racist. ☹️ was really enjoying this book. Eric Ross mentioned French, Spanish, and Native Americans created the framework for southern design but completely excluded African-Americans. I reached out and unfortunately they chose the option of blocking me instead of the reasons why they would exclude African American people.
It’s perfectly fine if they said on their own, these were the people who inspired their designs, but in the context of talking about southern design, you cannot exclude Black people.
All references and receipts attached.
Message I sent to the designer:
Hi Eric I really am enjoying your book embracing Southern Homes. Thad a question for clarification on page 10 stating southern homes are thanks to French Spanish English and Native American people. Is there a reason why you chose to not include the influence of African-Americans in labor or craftsmanship of the south? This is not a political reason, but it definitely is a historical one to mention. And I just want to know your thoughts and reasons why this was excluded?
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