CL 2/18

I think the individuals in TMM match most if not all of the six criteria Swales lays out. Particularly 1-3 and 6. They clearly have a set of common public goals towards the further oppression of the blacks, and other races, as well as providing information, albeit biased towards their ideologies and agendas as a sort of propaganda campaign. They may not be so apt to receive feedback that is not in agreement with their ideas put forward, however.
The spread of knowledge through this discourse community took form in the way of scientific volumes, essays, article submissions to periodicals on occasion, and sometimes through speeches or orations. For instance Agassiz’s work published in the Christian Examiner.
In the southern United States around the time of the creation of the Jim Crow laws you already had a heavy anti-black sentiment among the democratic whites. Couple with this a war for power with republicans and multitudes of writings, both scientific and opinion writings, which supported anti-black sentiment, a potent mixture is created to bring support for strict segregation laws. Not only do these laws appease their thoughts of racial superiority but they also help to further their political agendas. They are more easily able to institute systems of terrorism against an impoverished and oppressed minority to push their votes in the direction of the southern white democrats choosing.

Jake’s Expanse