FYI 'house negroe' was a rare occurrence in the Antebellum South. Majority of plantations weren't big enough to support distinct labor pools, slaves largely and

FYI 'house negroe' was a rare occurrence in the Antebellum South. Majority of plantations weren't big enough to support distinct labor pools, slaves largely and for the most part rotated tasks depending on age, gender, season, etc (the gender aspect is also why 'house negroe' is meant to suggest an effeminized Black male, which is an entirely other problematic discussion). Never mind the much higher rate of sexual assault and abuse when in close proximity to slaveowners. The political distinction this dubious dichotomy is meant to imply (Black folk loyal to slave owners, as suffering Stockholm Syndrome) is largely an effect fabricated in Malcolm X's 1963 speech given at Michigan State University and has persisted via constant repetition in popular culture. Distinct labor pools were much more at hand in places like Jamaica where the average plantation was much larger than in the American south. This is a similar distortion to the way people use 'Uncle Tom' when, ironically enough, the actual literary character is the opposite of the political distinction implied by pejorative use