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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:15 AM Original message |
Even More than Race, the South Is About Exploiting Workers |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thoughtful and on target. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. True, even beyond racial nastiness... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Elitists have it rough |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. more regional bashing |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. More knee-jerk reaction. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. the article is dead on point - and I live in a red state |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I don't see this as region bashing at all. It does, however, explain how and why |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I catch your drift |
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pberq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I live "down here" and very much appreciate this article |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I also understand your point but...can you help me? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Now you know why the South remains "Poorest' . |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have a friend in my native Alabama who |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That plan has been in effect since I was a baby 74 years ago. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R Comprehensive and Damning |
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pberq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Outstanding article |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Fifty years of first rate education would cure many, if not most, of |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. The South was settled by aristocrats and indentured servants |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The English emptied it's prisons in the South. n/t |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Interesting post, starroute. |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. two cents |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It's always harder to see yourself objectively -- but I'll try |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Ok, let me clarify |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. By 'modern' I meant the post-1800 world, not just a generic 'now' |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I hear that |
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Mithreal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. K&R for starroute's post. nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Please tell me more about the Scots-Irish. |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Simplistic and misleading "history" of the "South" and its peoples |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Okay, but there are a TON of Quaker settlements here in NC. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hooked on slavery. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yep, and the more "progressive" conservatives... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. You mention the South as a region which exploits the poor. You really |
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