“How many families black white brown red or yellow had to sell off their farms to pay for inheritance taxes?”
Exactly.... the small farmer has pretty much been overrun by mega-corps.
It is an industry like any other. You run it efficiently and at large scale you can make money. “40 acres and a mule” just won’t make it. Nor will a patchwork of small fields.
The article compares 1920 with today. There was a major Depression in between that made a lot of people lose their land, probably hit Blacks the worst. It was nobody’s fault, not “racist.” But should not be ignored.