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That book is so totally "OMG, what's WRONG with those people???" Emphasis "those people." While that's one interpretation, there's Long been conflict in the US
by ArkyBeagle 10y ago
That book is so totally "OMG, what's WRONG with those people???" Emphasis "those people."
While that's one interpretation, there's Long been conflict in the US on the rural-urban axis - see Andrew Jackson's vision versus Alexander Hamilton's vision
Race is only useful in this sort of thing as a predictor of rough economic class, and even then it's less than useful. IOW, I don't think it's specifically race.
A better resource is "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America"
http://www.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-Cultures/dp/0143122029 http://www.amazon.com/American-Nations-History-Regional-Cult...
- lliamander 10y ago> That book is so totally "OMG, what's WRONG with those people???" Emphasis "those people." Indeed. Although I am not (currently) among the rural poor, I can't imagine ever trusting someone who openly refers to me or mine as "those people".
- true_religion 10y agoI'm curious. This is a question that's plagued me my entire adult life. Why are many people against being called "those people" or "these people"? Is it a connotation thing---as in previously someone trying to marginalize a population would refer to them casually as "those people"? Or is there some deeper insult that I am missing due to not having experience of it?
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoIt fairly screams "Jungian Other" doesn't it?