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ryanlcooper.com • 476 days ago

once again my boy Grant https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4367/4367-h/4367-h.htm

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alrscg.bsky.social•476 days ago

Huh, didn't know that the phrase "white trash" dates to at least the nineteenth century. I would have said it was much more recent, maybe 50-60 years old.

ryanlcooper.com•476 days ago

and since MLK Day is coming up https://kinginstitute.sites-pro.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/drum-major-instinct-sermon-delivered-ebenezer-baptist-church

erikonymous.bsky.social•474 days ago

“Drum major instinct” is such a powerful phrase

megaweapon5.bsky.social•476 days ago

To be fair, there were southerners, particularly those from mountainous regions like East Tennessee, who fought against secession.

ryanlcooper.com•476 days ago

indeed! pockets of that all over the South, a history that has been basically suppressed

paulrosenberg.bsky.social•476 days ago

Getting a bit of mainstream notice now:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/20/howell-raines-alabama-civil-war-history/

irontuna.bsky.social•476 days ago

Confederates massacred some Germans in Texas because of their Union sympathies

bingobango.bsky.social•476 days ago

Thanks for the info.
I assume you are talking about this?

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Nueces_massacre

kfranzoni.bsky.social•476 days ago

We were trying to make their lives better but no they don’t want the black person to have same benefits.

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