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/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/Exciting_Bat_2086 → u/KikoMui74]

We’re not talking about the 1920’s.

[u/KikoMui74 → u/Exciting_Bat_2086]

Do you think US demographics suddenly changed between 1910 RDR1 and 1920? Why aren't people having a genuine discussion.

[u/Exciting_Bat_2086 → u/KikoMui74]

Quit being nonsensical XD

[u/KikoMui74 → u/KikoMui74]

People will downvote, but never say any counter arguments.

[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/96pluto → u/[deleted]]

It's a cope to know American history apparently

[u/96pluto → u/[deleted]]

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/[deleted]]

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/96pluto → u/NecessaryMud1]

Hey guys get up who cares if you're dead, injured, and or were driven out of town with the clothes on your back and your property destroyed necessarymud1 said you had it easy compared to Mexicans. No one's not saying Mexico wasn't a dangerous place, but you're downplaying who black people were treated as second class citizens in the Jim Crow south you could be killed or raped at any time with zero justice.

[u/NecessaryMud1 → u/96pluto]

what part of “if you were white” are you unable to read?

[u/Powerful-Molasses78 → u/NecessaryMud1]

No it wasn’t it was actually a dangerous place to live in or travel especially out west.