SC - Byzantine Bread Stamps
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Thu Mar 16 04:30:59 PST 2000
Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/14/2000 10:40:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> phlip at morganco.net writes:
>
> <<
> I think we might make a modern parallel with the attitude of Northern and
> Southern US Americans towards US blacks and slavery. Much of the impetus
> towards freedom of the slaves came from the Northerners, most of whom had
> never seen a black slave, but after the freeing, when many blacks moved to
> the North and were competing for jobs and livelihoods, they were treated as
> intruders, worse than the Southerners had treated them. On the other hand,
> in the South, most black folk are treated as people who belong there,
> although the poorer whites try to emphasize their superiority by virtue of
> race.
> >>
>
> That's a huge oversimplification of the "race problem", but, for the most
> part, pretty much what I have experienced. Except, I would not say that last
> phrase is quite what I've seen. I've seen a lot of "poor" Southerners who
> are totally not race-concious, and a lot of the "Old Money" types who are
> rabidly so.
Wow! I missed this when the topic was first raised. I'm torn between
rolling up my sleeves and having a go at this conversation, and asking
that we Don't Go There. Can we Not Go There, please, at least not here
and now?
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy
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