In Message Tue, 18 Jan 1994 12:21:25 EST, Mark Bunster <[log in to unmask]> writes: >* I don't know if it is real, or just a movie technique, but it seems that >* southern society is not accepting of anyone but WASPS. I'm not from the >* south so I don't know much about it, but it is displayed in movies, tv, and >* literature, now and in the past, as a very close minded almost offensively >* selective culture that judges not on who you are, but where you come from. >* It's a failing I see in movies much of the time. It reminds me of what >* people assumed of me coming to school in the midwest being a "east coast >* jew" as we are called out here >* > >Many people of the south do indeed have a knee jerk reaction to folks who >plan to live in the South coming from somehere else (just visit, and you won't >get treated better anywhere). Many others lack that particular pole up their >butt though. It's also more aligned to your family background rather than >your explicit race or ethnicity--ie, it's a very classist society. Arthur >Ashe was a Richmond deity despite his color, for example, but only because >A) he was loaded, >B) he did and did for the community >C) his family has lived in Richmond for a WHILE. >--and even then, he was still lacking in true First Family of Virginia >pedigree, I bet. Remember, Virginia is home to some of the oldest families in >the country. > >You shouldn't generalize to everyone of course, but I've seen a lot of >southern families who walked the walk every bit as much as any "fictional" >Tennessee Williams family. > > > > I would like to apologize for starting this line of conversation. I started it as a quick reaction, with out thinking it all the way through. I relalize now that I needed to think more. However comparing Schindlers List, a story about a past people throughout the world are trying to deny ever happened, and multiple movies on history that peple accept, is a questionable idea. While I agree that remembering the past is a wonderful idea, more fact based information should be documented so that people remember.