I'm going to need more info... what's the topic?
An increased mileage in the area made the economic between 1870 to 1890 the Western states and territories have the most increased Economic growth.
It is a product of culture of prejudice, as the people tend to ignore and favor something without having the right knowledge of why it shouldn't be accepted. It could be describe in the sentence as they didn't consider of the character to be something negative as they are already blinded because of its popularity.