Bad Reactions to W&L ?

Motherdear
Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:19:19 +0000

I grew up in the Northeast in an area where ethnic pride as well as pride in one’s heritage still is very prevalent. People flew and still fly Irish, Italian, German, Israeli flags…, the yellow street lines are repainted the colors of Italy during saints’ festivals, etc. Instead of Civil War reenactments there are ones for the Revolutionary War.

BTW, if you think the South is the only area that has prejudice, take a look at cities in the northeast ie Boston. The Brahmins were terrible to the Irish immigrants that arrived in the 19th century. And don’t forget that this city first underwent forced integration as late as the early 1970s whereas many southern states confronted this issue much earlier.