This is in my opinion far too narrow a view of aristocratic honor culture in the US and how that influenced Southern culture even among lower socioeconomic stra

This is in my opinion far too narrow a view of aristocratic honor culture in the US and how that influenced Southern culture even among lower socioeconomic strata. By the civil war, dueling was pervasive throughout the south[1][2]. Over time this filtered down to "redneck" culture for lack of a better name for lower class southern whites. This in turn had effects on southern black culture and was carried north during the Great Migration[3] to some extent. So what you see in inner city shootings is the direct lineage of early American dueling imported to the south from French aristocrats who fought in the American Revolution. History is truly strange. [1] https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/3655 https://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/3655 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_in_the_Southern_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dueling_in_the_Southern_United... [3] https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/4/race_crime_and_culture https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/31/4/race_crime_and_c...