Posted on 05/05/2005 4:47:23 AM PDT by Tolik
FWIW.
And, I believe the The History Channel had something on the English recruiting "thugs" to takeover parts of the
rural South during the revolution.
Lighten up. BTW, my mother was from Valdosta, GA, my father from Boerne, TX, and I was hatched in Jackson, MS.
Maybe, but it was funny!
I am a flyover country redneck and proud of it.
LOL!
I've been to Trinidad, and I was struck by that same similarity that you mentioned. It was a bit muddied, as I was there with a church group, and we were interfacing with hindus primarily, and some muslims, so my cultural perceptions were more framed within the paradigm of God, but I did notice it nonetheless.
Most every black Trini knows black pudding and callaloo, all creole cooking that people think comes from blacks and indians but is really Scotch-Irish food tweaked with caribe seasonings. I'm happy about people doing mission work there :-)
I use the term "trash". There are white trash and black trash cultures. They are both characterized by high crime, absent fathers...and loud TVs blaring 24/7.
I'm glad to hear that. I think that Jackson and his goons dont want this type of information to get out to the black population because their career(s) would be over. I know that there are plenty of blacks who exhibit well-adjusted behavior. I was just focusing on those who continue to dwell on the "blacks as victims" rhetoric.
Bump for later purchase of book.
The problem is that the freak show, aka the MSM, only focus on things that advance their agenda. Of course, I'm not minimizing the terrible problems in the black population. A quick look at the statistics shows that the average black person is six times more likely to be murdered than other groups (and 90+% of those murders are black-on-black violence).
This whole concept of cultural exchange and persistence is fascinating.
Violence, "pirate English" ("I be"), emotional Fundamentalist religion (nothing wrong with that, btw!), dysfunctional families, and whacked out Birch Society-type conspiracy theories ("Jewish doctors invented AIDS!") are all considered "revolutionary" and "leftist" among Blacks while being labelled the exact opposite among poor whites.
Blacks and poor Southern whites are two people divided by a single culture.
I used to have a lot of respect for Thomas Sowell, in fact I have some of his books. This article sounds like he is just another Yankee that hates anything Southern and blames
Southerners for all the woes of blacks. Doesen't sound like much of a conservative to me any more!
I forgot to mention the flip-side of the same coin: partisans of white Southern culture who will condemn Mr. Sowell because they exalt and defend among Sothern whites what they condemn in Blacks--liberals in reverse!
Very funny coming on the heels of post# 34.
Translation: "It's okay for Southern whites [which I am, btw] to behave like ghetto Blacks because that is their quaint culture; but Blacks who behave like rednecks are leftist enemies of all that is good and pure in the world."
Somebody sounds like a liberal here, but it ain't Mr. Sowell.
It's funny you say that, I live in Dorchester, MA which is what many people consider "South Boston" even though it is a seperate part of the city.
Dorchester is probably one of the most Irish neighborhoods in the country - though it is pretty diverse, pretty much every white person here identifies themself as Irish (even if they aren't).
Currently, there are thousands of Irish immigrants in this part of the city, most of them are illegals who plan on staying only a few years. Most of them are poorly or moderately educated farm boys from tiny towns in Dingle, Kerry or Donegal.
Anyway, there is definitely a subtle backlash against the Irish Guys in my neighborhood. They are all nice guys, for the most part, but they do carry on like 16 year olds when a good number of them are over 30.
I've heard them referred to as Green N****rs by people who would never use that word to insult a black person, and who have parents or grandparents who come from the old sod themselves.
It exemplifies how there is a lot more than race behind people's prejudices.
Thanks for more info.
Fascinating!
Mr. Sowell is absolutely right! I have an old engraving from 1840 that shows an English peasant girl talking to a man on horseback. The caption at the bottom of the print is "Who Axed You?".
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