So uh did anybody ever fact check Vance’s book because I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the tip of the iceberg
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Jack Jenkins
Two things here:
1. Lots of folks claim ancestry they either don’t have or can’t prove (often bc elders told them so and they never questioned it).
2. Being Scotch-Irish is a whole thing (I would know), so Vance not being able to prove it is *also* a whole thing. www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
1. Lots of folks claim ancestry they either don’t have or can’t prove (often bc elders told them so and they never questioned it).
2. Being Scotch-Irish is a whole thing (I would know), so Vance not being able to prove it is *also* a whole thing. www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
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“He says all these terrible things about his family and town but it’s pretty clear that the problem is him.”