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Is it an innocent blunder that the editor wrote "Counties with higher lynching rates" rather than "Counties that had higher lynching rates"? I don't think so.
by pmdulaney 7y ago
Is it an innocent blunder that the editor wrote "Counties with higher lynching rates" rather than "Counties that had higher lynching rates"? I don't think so.
- locoman88 7y agoPerhaps to increase the dramatic effect?
- scanny 7y agoAfter skimming through, the author uses present tense for the rate: " Greenwood County, which has the highest lynching rate in South Carolina with 6.87 blacks lynched per 10,000 people in the black population in 1900,... " But then uses past tense for the voter turnout " ... had a black voter registration rate in the 2008 presidential election of 72.4 percent. " But I am not sot sure that I understand why either.
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoI don't think they're limiting the time period for the lynchings. So although the rate is based on the population in 1900, it's not limited to that year or decade, so it's not past tense.