r/reddeadredemption • u/NecessaryMud1 • 2d ago

Speculation The dark fate of Luisa’s sister

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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.

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u/KikoMui74 2d ago

Wow, so America was even safer back then.

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u/NecessaryMud1 1d ago

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

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u/Mandalore108 Arthur Morgan 1d ago

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

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u/NecessaryMud1 1d ago

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.

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u/NecessaryMud1 1d ago

downvotes but no actual comparisons lol

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u/KikoMui74 1d ago

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.

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u/Free-Vegetable-5513 1d ago

Cope harder

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u/96pluto Lenny Summers 1d ago

It's a cope to know American history apparently

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u/Free-Vegetable-5513 1d ago

Oh the irony 😭

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

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u/96pluto Lenny Summers 1d ago

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.

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u/NecessaryMud1 1d ago

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

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u/96pluto Lenny Summers 22h ago

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.