Lynch mobs upheld white patriarchy as white women were told to fear black men and remain dependent upon white male protectors.

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Lynch mobs in the United States, particularly in the South, were a tool of racial terror that reinforced white supremacy. By perpetuating the myth that black men were a threat to white women, these mobs justified their actions as protecting white womanhood, thereby upholding white patriarchal society and ensuring white women's dependence on white men for protection.

Lynch Mobs Upheld White Patriarchy as White Women Were Told