If you haven't already read "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell you might find it interesting as to the link between Southern White Cracker culture ( which was carried over from the fringe areas of Ireland and Great Britain), and the current Ghetto Culture. The problems of poor White Appalachia and Inner City minorities are very similar.
Thanks for the info. I've read a couple of Thomas Sowell books, but not that one.
I'm quite familiar with the parallels between black culture and Appalachian culture. I grew up outside of Boston and experienced none on it. But I've lived my adult life in southern Ohio, and experience as part of my life. I'd say it's an improvement over my experience in MA.
You might want to check out "The American Nations" by Colin Woodard. He does a great job of breaking down the various cultures all trying to co-exist in America.
Thank you, I love the study of history and cultures. "Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer is another good book on the cultural differences between coastal Southerners, Mountain and backwoods Southerners, Middle Atlantic and Northeast populations.
Oddly, I'm a Floridian living in NE Ohio, and my wife has relatives in the Boston area which we visit frequently. Small world.
It's not as if no black person succeeded before affirmative action.
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If you haven't already read "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell you might find it interesting as to the link between Southern White Cracker culture ( which was carried over from the fringe areas of Ireland and Great Britain), and the current Ghetto Culture. The problems of poor White Appalachia and Inner City minorities are very similar.
Thanks for the info. I've read a couple of Thomas Sowell books, but not that one.
I'm quite familiar with the parallels between black culture and Appalachian culture. I grew up outside of Boston and experienced none on it. But I've lived my adult life in southern Ohio, and experience as part of my life. I'd say it's an improvement over my experience in MA.
You might want to check out "The American Nations" by Colin Woodard. He does a great job of breaking down the various cultures all trying to co-exist in America.
Thank you, I love the study of history and cultures. "Albion's Seed" by David Hackett Fischer is another good book on the cultural differences between coastal Southerners, Mountain and backwoods Southerners, Middle Atlantic and Northeast populations.
Oddly, I'm a Floridian living in NE Ohio, and my wife has relatives in the Boston area which we visit frequently. Small world.