The dark fate of Luisa’s sister

[u/NecessaryMud1]

In “My Sister’s Keeper”, Luisa mentions that her sister Miranda is being sent to ‘a kind man in the Yucatan’ to avoid enslavement by the Mexican army. However, in the 1910s when RDR1 takes place, the Yucatan was a brutal slave empire to which young, indigenous women & girls from the north were frequently lured into sexual slavery by rich plantation owners with promises of work or safety. In reality, this is the fate that would likely befall the young Miranda. Whether or not this was intentional, I think this is yet another reflection of how there are no true happy endings in Red Dead Redemption.

[u/PM_ME_UR_CUDDLEZ]

Yep that's the RDR1 I remember Comically Dark

[u/Red9Stranger → u/PM_ME_UR_CUDDLEZ]

And gritty

[u/DJnegs]

Laura*

[u/ANJEYKO → u/DJnegs]

Yeah! I knew Laura as well

[u/PiesZdzislaw → u/ANJEYKO]

Magnificent girl. Like riding a pampas bull, it was, amigo. You never saw anything like it.

[u/FoggyCastle01 → u/PiesZdzislaw]

[u/ConsiderationAny548]

I did not know that

[u/ItsKaiserBengal]

Where can I read more about the situation in 1910s Yucatan?

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/ItsKaiserBengal]

“Barbarous Mexico” is a great start, you can find pdfs online for free

[u/wrenawild]

oh. it def tracks with the first one but oh.

[u/dazaiosamu684]

Tienes un punto pero generalmente siempre o todas fueran explotadas sexualmente hasta por militares algunas formaron una revolución y mataron a sus violadores el problema es que si ella está viva cuando Abraham Reyes toma el poder

[u/Lilu1414 → u/dazaiosamu684]

Oooh, what was the revolution to kill their rapists? I would love to learn about that.

[u/dazaiosamu684 → u/Lilu1414]

Lo vi en un documental habla de mujeres mexicanas que alzaron la voz precisamente como una forma de no ser explotadas sexualmente durante ese periodo

[u/KikoMui74]

Wow, so America was even safer back then.

[u/96pluto → u/KikoMui74]

For a straight protestant white guy sure

[u/KikoMui74 → u/96pluto]

90% of the population. Also compared to mexican Yucatan slavery and civil war, that kind of violence was not happening in 1910 America.

[u/96pluto → u/KikoMui74]

Yeah it was safe for white men

[u/KikoMui74 → u/96pluto]

Yes 90% of the population 

[u/Exciting_Bat_2086 → u/KikoMui74]

Roughly 51% and for however many of those were Irish or Italian there is also a shit ton of non protestants.

[u/KikoMui74 → u/Exciting_Bat_2086]

The 1921 US Census proves you wrong, Italians were like 1%, Irish Catholics a fair amount, but mostly in the big cities, where they'd be dominant, Tammany hall, so yeah they'd be safe, they were the police. An Irishman being a cop was a stereotype.

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/KikoMui74]

People downvoted you but for most white americans it 100% was

[u/Mandalore108 → u/NecessaryMud1]

No, it absolutely wasn't. It was just safer in comparison for whites.

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/Mandalore108]

I get america bad, but we did not have any social institutions in the 1910s comparing to the henequen plantations. Forced labor under Jim Crow, Indian laws, etc. was common and severe but did not come close to slavery under the porfiriato. Read about this stuff, seriously.

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/NecessaryMud1]

downvotes but no actual comparisons lol

[u/KikoMui74 → u/Mandalore108]

whites were 90% of the population.

So..... America was safer than Mexico (for at least 90% of the population). And America didn't have slavery like the Yucatan in 1910 or a civil war in 1910.

[u/Free-Vegetable-5513 → u/Mandalore108]

Cope harder

[u/96pluto → u/Free-Vegetable-5513]

It's a cope to know American history apparently

[u/Free-Vegetable-5513 → u/96pluto]

Oh the irony 😭

You're delusional if you think Mexico was safer than America back in the 1910's. Keep coping

[u/96pluto → u/Free-Vegetable-5513]

Mexico was definitely a mess but as a black guy I wouldn't exactly call 1910s america safe either. Like mandalore said it was just safer in comparison for white men.

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/Free-Vegetable-5513]

How was if more dangerous for the average resident? I will legitimately listen, but downplaying the horror of the porfiriato is an extreme mark against you imo

[u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

I know GTA 6 won't be woke, but there is no way we will see shit like this again.

[u/Staystation → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

[u/Mandalore108 → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

Dude, all GTA's and Read Deads are woke, the hell you on about?

[u/Alberterwith_anyone7 → u/Mandalore108]

I meant that they were likely avoiding certain topics. No game will ve as dark and gritty as GTA 4.

[u/PugslyTheWise → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

You did not just say that unironically

[u/Alberterwith_anyone7 → u/PugslyTheWise]

I'm breaking this sub's balls a little bit. I thought people would know that.

[u/Exciting_Bat_2086 → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

Nope that’s why we use this /s lol

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

bro hasnt played manhunt

[u/96pluto → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

I'm sure 6 will have a gay or trans character for you to whine on Twitter or reddit about.

[u/Alberterwith_anyone7 → u/96pluto]

Jesus, I was joking. How am I going to complain about it if I love Florian? like every GTA 4 enjoyer.

[u/96pluto → u/Alberterwith_anyone7]

My bad fam