Claims Historical Lynchings Were Not Primarily Racial Violence Against Blacks

What was said

"Even Tuskegee University admits that between 1882 and 1968, more than 27% of lynching victims were white. Historically lynching was a form of mob justice. In the vast majority of cases, the victim, white or black or any race, was accused of committing a serious crime. Often they were indeed guilty of committing the crime."

Walsh argued that lynching in American history was predominantly a form of frontier and mob justice rather than exclusively racial violence, citing data showing over a quarter of victims were white. He contended that the racial symbolism now attached to lynching is a relatively recent propaganda construct, and that many historical lynchings across all races targeted actual criminals in areas lacking functional court systems. This challenges the standard civil rights narrative taught in schools.